State ex rel. Brandon v. Prince
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Tuscaloosa Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Henry B. Foster. Petition by the State of Alabama, on the relation of W. W. Brandon, and others, for quo warranto to determine if A. F. Prince and others constitute the Jury Commissioners of Tuscaloosa County, and to inquire by what authority they hold said office. From a decree refusing to grant said writ, relators appeal.
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Appeal from Tuscaloosa Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Henry B. Foster. Petition by the State of Alabama, on the relation of W. W. Brandon, and others, for quo warranto to determine if A. F. Prince and others constitute the Jury Commissioners of Tuscaloosa County, and to inquire by what authority they hold said office. From a decree refusing to grant said writ, relators appeal. The title to the act (Local Laws 1915, No. 729, p. 470) is as follows: “An act to establish a board of revenue of Tuscaloosa county, Alabama, to prescribe its powers and duties, to fix the compensation of its members,…
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
This is a statutory quo warranto proceeding to oust the jury commissioners of Tuscaloosa county. The decision of this case involves the constitutionality of a local act of the Legislature, which, if valid, virtually abolishes the office of jury commissioners for Tuscaloosa county, and imposes the duties and confers the powers thereof upon a board of revenue created or provided by the same act. The trial court held the act invalid. The reporter will set out the title of the act, and the notice of the proposed passage of the bill.(1) It is first insisted that so much of the act as conferred the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State v. RogersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- State ex rel. Thomas v. GunterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- State ex rel. Vandiver v. BurkeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- Brandon v. AskewSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- Christian v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
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- State Ex Rel. Brooks v. GullattSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
- Tayloe v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
- Byrd v. State Ex Rel. ColquettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
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