Legal Opinion

Lane v. City of Tuscaloosa

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided December 17, 1914PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Violating Municipal Ordinance, Appeal from Tuscaloosa County Court. Heard before Hon. Henry B. Foster. From a conviction for violating a municipal ordinance of the city of Tuscaloosa, Charlie Lane appealed to the Tuscaloosa county court, and on conviction by that court be appeals here. The matters complained of sufficiently appear from the opinion.

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Violating Municipal Ordinance, Appeal from Tuscaloosa County Court. Heard before Hon. Henry B. Foster. From a conviction for violating a municipal ordinance of the city of Tuscaloosa, Charlie Lane appealed to the Tuscaloosa county court, and on conviction by that court be appeals here. The matters complained of sufficiently appear from the opinion. S'ection 3 of the ordinance is as follows: It shall be unlawful for any firm, corporation, person or association within this city to manufacture, sell, offer for sale, keep or have in possession for sale, barter, exchange, give away, furnish at…

1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.

This prosecution was commenced before the recorder’s court of the city of Tuscaloosa March 27, 1914, for a violation of an ordinance of that city prohibiting- keeping or having in.possession for sale spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors. The appellant was convicted on *602the trial in the recorder’s court, and appealed to the county cóuft, where he was again convicted, and from that judgment of conviction he prosecutes this appeal.

The evidence was undisputed that the appellant’s house was searched by the police authorities of the city on March 24,1914, under a search warrant, and that the officers…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Adler v. MartinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
  2. Allison v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1911
  3. Michael v. State ex rel. WelchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
  4. City of St. Louis v. FosterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
  5. Excelsior Steam Laundry Co. v. LomaxSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Titus v. BraidfootSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
  2. Glenn v. City of PrattvilleAlabama Court of Appeals · 1916
  3. Hammonds v. City of TuscaloosaAlabama Court of Appeals · 1926
  4. Howell v. City of Fort PayneAlabama Court of Appeals · 1944
  5. Lane v. City of TuscaloosaAlabama Court of Appeals · 1915

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