Tommie v. City of Gadsden

GARDNER, Justice.

Complainant rests her case upon the alleged insufficiency of the official ballot used in the city election,. upon the theory that its form does not meet the requirements of section 222 of the Constitution, and much reliance is had upon Coleman v. Town of Eutaw, 157 Ala. 327, 47 So. 703., Our subsequent decisions have recognized the soundness of the Coleman Case, but the language of the opinion in its entirety has not been approved, but in a measure qualified.

In Realty Investment Co. v. Mobile, 181 Ala. 184, 61 So. 248, 249, it was noted that there may be “a substance in form…