Ex parte Bozeman
Supreme Court of Alabama
Certiorari to Court of Appeals. Robert H. Bozeman was convicted of violating the Motor Vehicle Law, and appealed to the Court of Appeals, where the judgment of conviction was affirmed, and he seeks to review snch judgment by certiorari. The act under consideration is violative of section 221, Constitution 1901. — City of B’ham. v. So. Ex. Co., 161 Ala. 533; Little v. Foster, 130 Ala. 163; Ex parte Mayor, etc., 78 Ala. 23; Lehman v. Robinson, 59 Ala. 211; State ex rel.
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Certiorari to Court of Appeals. Robert H. Bozeman was convicted of violating the Motor Vehicle Law, and appealed to the Court of Appeals, where the judgment of conviction was affirmed, and he seeks to review snch judgment by certiorari. The act under consideration is violative of section 221, Constitution 1901. — City of B’ham. v. So. Ex. Co., 161 Ala. 533; Little v. Foster, 130 Ala. 163; Ex parte Mayor, etc., 78 Ala. 23; Lehman v. Robinson, 59 Ala. 211; State ex rel. Covington v. Thompson, 129 Ala. 106; State ex rel. Robinson v. MeCough, 118 Ala. 166; 8 Cyc. 810. Appellant further contends…
1Opinion of the Court
de GRAFFENRIED, J.
— This case involves the constitutionality of section 7 of what is known as the “Motor Vehicle Law” and which is as follows: “The following license tax or registration fee shall he charged on motor vehicles used for private use: Seven and one-half dollars upon each motor vehicle having a rating of less than twenty horse power; $12.50 upon each motor vehicle having a rating of twenty horse power and less than thirty horse power; $17.50 for more than thirty and less than forty horse power; $20.00 upon each motor vehicle having a rating of forty horse pow-ed, or more; and such…
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- City of Birmingham v. Southern Express Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- State ex rel. City of Mobile v. Board of R. & R. Com.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1913
- State ex rel. Little v. FosterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
- Bozeman v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1913
- Lovejoy v. City of MontgomerySupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
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