Mayor of Albertville v. Rains
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Marshall. Heard before the Hon. R. K. McSpadden. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The whole bill shows that it has no equity..
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Marshall. Heard before the Hon. R. K. McSpadden. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The whole bill shows that it has no equity.. The court will not consider one portion of the bill which may tend to show by its averments that complainants are entitled to relief.— B’ham R. R. Co. v. City of Bessemer, 98 Ala, 274. The attack made on the charter of the town of Albert-ville because of its provision.as to schools, in paragraph 20 on the theory that it is unconstitutional, is wholly untenable. — See charter, Acts. 1890-91. pp. 971-981;…
1Opinion of the CourtHead, J.
This bill is filed by a majority of the citizens and property owners of the town of Albertville, in this State, against the Mayor and Councilmen of that town, praying that they be “released and relieved from any obligation to pay any part of the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars,” which the bill alleges has been unlawfully subscribed by the defendants, for the corporation, to the State agricultural college which is now being built within the corporate limits of the town ; and that defendants be enjoined from ‘ ‘collecting, or attempting to collect any general taxes or license taxes from…
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- Elyton Land Co. v. AyresSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
- Tallassee Manufacturing Co. v. SpigenerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1873
- Strenna v. City CouncilSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
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