Wiley v. Parmer
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Circuit Court of Barbour. Before the Hon. G, D. Shortridge. to show that the act of the legislature referred to in the record, was unconstitutional, referred to the following cases: Ward v. Morris, 4 Har. & McHen. 341; Campbell v. Morris, 8 lb. 554; Murray v. McCarty, 2 Munf. 298; Corfield v. Cargill, 4 Wash. C. C. Rep. 381.
1Opinion of the CourtChilton, J.
The plaintiff in error brought his action of assumpsit in the circuit court of Barbour county, against the defendant in error, who was the tax collector for said county, to recover the sum of $239 29, collected by the latter as taxes, under an act of the legislature of the State of Alabama, approved February, 1846, entitled “ an act to raise an additional amount of revenue to support the state government, and to maintain the faith and credit of the State of Alabama,” the first section of which act is in the words following: “ Section 1. Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Corfield v. CoryellU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1823
- Mayor of New York v. MilnSupreme Court of the United States · 1837
- Groves v. SlaughterSupreme Court of the United States · 1841
- Moffett v. WhiteCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1822
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