State Ex Rel. City of Birmingham v. City of Tarrant City

HEFLIN, Chief Justice.

The State of Alabama, on the relation of the City of Birmingham and its Mayor, George G. Seibels, brought two quo warranto proceedings. These two proceedings, which were combined for trial and appeal, contested the legality of three annexations of real property. Two of the annexations involved the City of Tarrant City and one involved the City of Fultondale. The circuit court entered judgments decreeing that the annexations were valid, and the City of Birmingham appeals. Those judgments are reversed and the annexations are declared invalid.

The cases were consolidated…