State v. Taylor

The main issue on this appeal involves the constitutional question of a married woman's right to register to vote in her maiden name.

A secondary issue is whether plaintiffs' failure to comply with statutory provisions governing appeals concerning voter registration barred them from filing suit. Also presented is a question of whether the State of Alabama was made a party to the action as a necessary party.

The facts are not disputed. On October 23, 1980, Catherine Taylor and Georgia M. Theriot, who are married women, filed a complaint with the circuit court in which they claimed that the Board…