Reid v. City of Birmingham

COLEMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs in an action for declaratory judgment, rendered by the circuit court, relating.to the validity and legality of an election to change the form of government of the City of Birmingham, and relating to the time at which the officers of the city to be elected under the changed form of city government take office.

The court declared that the election held November 6, 1962, was legal and valid. In that election, the majority of votes approved the adoption by the city of the Mayor-Council form of government provided by the “Mayor-Council Act of…