Moody v. Gunter
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jackson County ; W. W. Haralson, Judge. Bill by J. H. Gunter and others, resident citizens and taxpayers, against J. B. Hack-worth, as Judge of Probate, and the other members of the Commissioners’ Court of Jackson County, and the contractor, to enjoin the building of the courthouse, and to declare void certain interest-bearing warrants.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Jackson County ; W. W. Haralson, Judge. Bill by J. H. Gunter and others, resident citizens and taxpayers, against J. B. Hack-worth, as Judge of Probate, and the other members of the Commissioners’ Court of Jackson County, and the contractor, to enjoin the building of the courthouse, and to declare void certain interest-bearing warrants. I-Iackworth and others .having gone out of office, the new Judge of Probate and members of the Commissioners’ Court are substituted as parties respondent, along with the original contractor. From the decree granting relief, A. I-I.…
1DissentThomas, J.
The question
at issue being important, and differing with my Brothers as to the correctness of the former decision in Gunter v. Hackworth, supra, I am impelled to state my views:
The bill by subsequent amendment avers that the assessed value of the property for taxation in Jackson county was $4,133,243 at the time of the adoption of the present Constitution (November 28, 1901, Seay’s Compiled Amendments to the Constitution, p. 1), and that the assessed value was $6,296,430 at the time of filing the amendments to the bill. The indebtedness of that county is averred to have been $262,000 at the…
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- O'Rear v. SartainSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
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- Potts v. Court of CommissionersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
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