Henderson v. City of Enterprise
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Coffee County; A. B. Foster, Judge. Suit by J. E1. Henderson and others against the City of Enterprise and others. From, the decree dissolving a temporary injunction, complainants appeal.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Coffee County; A. B. Foster, Judge. Suit by J. E1. Henderson and others against the City of Enterprise and others. From, the decree dissolving a temporary injunction, complainants appeal. Appellants (complainants in the court below) filed this bill against the city, of Enterprise and its municipal officers, seeking injunctive relief against said city letting a contract for certain street improvements, including paving and storm sewage, etc.,'as disclosed was contemplated by the city by certain ordinances and resolutions made exhibits to the bill. The complainants…
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
The foregoing statement of the ease will suffice for a general outline of the questions here presented for consideration. The exhibits attached to the bill disclose that the authorities of the city of Enterprise have substantially complied with the statutes in the proceedings thus far taken for the street improvements mentioned above.
[1] In Cramton v. City of Montgomery 171 Ala. 478, 55 South. 122, it was said that a court of equity does not generally look with favor on bills to prevent the enforcement of municipal ordinances, or concern itself with irregularities in municipal procedure ;…
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- Cramton v. City of MontgomerySupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
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