Robertson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court'of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. A. I). ¡Sayre. This action was brought 'by the ¡State of Alabama against the appellant, W .T.
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Appeal from the City Court'of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. A. I). ¡Sayre. This action was brought 'by the ¡State of Alabama against the appellant, W .T. Kobertson, to recover $350, the amount- due the ¡State for a license for Carrying on the business of a wholesale liquor dealer in the year 1901, under subdivision 52 of section 17 of an act entitled “An act to amend the revenue laws of the State of Alabama, approved March 5, 1901.” It was averred in the complaint that, notwithstanding the passage of said act, -the defendant after its passage, and approval by the Governor, had carried on…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, C. J.
The decisions of this court have settled this proposition: That in determining whether a hill enrolled, and signed by the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives, and approved by the Governor was in fact regularly and constitutionally enacted in all its provisions and contains all the provisions which were enacted by the General Assembly, recourse can be had only to the bill itself as so enrolled, signed and approved and to the journals of the two houses of the assembly. The bill itself, wrought by such enrollment, signatures and approval into an apparently…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ex parte Howard-Harrison Iron Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1898
- Montgomery Beer Bottling Works v. GastonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1899
3Cited by6 opinions
- Kavanaugh v. Chandler, Lieut. GovernorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
- Childers v. CoueySupreme Court of Alabama · 1977
- Alabama Citizens Action Program v. KennamerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
- In Re Opinions of the JusticesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
- Opinion of the JusticesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1969
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