Larkin v. Simmons
Supreme Court of Alabama
Assumpsit. Appeal from Coffee County Court. Heard before Hon. H. H. Blackman. Assumpsit by Tup Simmons against Marion Larkins.. From a judgment for plaintiff defendant appeals. Counsel cite the Act creating and amending the county court of Coffee County and insist that it is unconstitutional. The first Act was held valid and constitutional in the case of Wilson v. The State, 136 Ala.
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Assumpsit. Appeal from Coffee County Court. Heard before Hon. H. H. Blackman. Assumpsit by Tup Simmons against Marion Larkins.. From a judgment for plaintiff defendant appeals. Counsel cite the Act creating and amending the county court of Coffee County and insist that it is unconstitutional. The first Act was held valid and constitutional in the case of Wilson v. The State, 136 Ala. And the Act of Sept. 29, 1903, was declared constitutional in the case of Blue v. Everett,. 145 Ala. 104. The amending Act was clearly constitutional. — Norville v. The State, 143 Ala. 561; Laio v. The State, 38…
1Opinion of the CourtDenson, J.
By an act of the General Assembly approved November 27, 1900, article 3 of chapter 142 of the Code of 1896 — relating to county courts and the proceedings therein — was repealed so far as the same applied to the county of Coffee. — Acts 1900-01, p. 18. The county court being a creation of statutory law, it was competent for the General Assembly to abolish it. The effect of the enactment was to leave the county of Golfee without a county court.
By an act approved February 8, 1901, entitled “An act to establish the county court of Coffee for Coffee county with criminal jurisdiction in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Wallace v. Board of Revenue of Jefferson CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1903
- Alford v. HicksSupreme Court of Alabama · 1904
- State ex rel. Attorney General v. SpeakeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1905
- Hooton v. MellonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1904
- Norvell v. State ex rel. BrothertonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1904
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Ex Parte DarnellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
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- Roper v. State Ex Rel. DaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
- State Ex Rel. Griswold v. LeaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
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