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Alexander v. State Ex Rel. Carver

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided February 7, 1963No. 6 Div. 708PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Per curiam

Appellee filed in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County a proceeding in the nature of quo warranto to challenge the legal right of appellant to serve as Chief of Police of the City of Graysville, Alabama.

The complaint, as amended, charges that defendant usurps, intrudes into, and unlawfully holds without warrant of law the office of Chief of Police of the City of Graysville, Alabama, while at the same time holding and occupying the office of Constable of Bfeat 38 in and for Jefferson County con trary to the provisions of § 5, Title 41, Code of Alabama, Recompiled 1958.

Plaintiffs pray in the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Banks v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
  2. Montgomery v. State ex rel. EnslenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
  3. Hall v. City of ShreveportSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
  4. Newton v. City of TuscaloosaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
  5. State ex rel. Wilkinson v. LaneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. McMillian v. Monroe CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  2. Grantham v. DenkeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
  3. Turquitt v. Jefferson CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
  4. Perkins v. EskridgeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
  5. Ex Parte CokerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1991

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