Legal Opinion
Town of Boaz v. Jenkins
Alabama Court of Appeals
Decided March 19, 1946No. 8 Div. 500PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARWOOD, Judge.
Section 80, Chapter 31 of the Municipal Code of the Town of Boaz is as follows:
Chapter 31, Section 80.
“Betting at Cards, Dice etc.
“It shall be unlawful for any person to bet or hazard any money, bond, note or other things of value, at any game played with cards, or dice, or any device or substitute therefor, or any game of chance or skill, whether publicly or privately.”
On 26 February 1945, police officers of the Town of Boaz, without any warrant or writ of any nature whatsoever, entered the home of J. W. Jenkins, located in the police jurisdiction of Boaz. There they found…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ligon v. City of GadsdenAlabama Court of Appeals · 1926
- Little v. City of AttallaAlabama Court of Appeals · 1912
3Cited by9 opinions
- Allen v. AxfordSupreme Court of Alabama · 1969
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- Hurvich v. City of BirminghamAlabama Court of Appeals · 1950
- Kilpatrick v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1967
- Cartee v. HubbardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
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