Legal Opinion
Corprew v. Tallapoosa County
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 13, 1941No. 5 Div. 350PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOULDIN, Justice.
Appellant sued the appellee before a Justice of the Peace to recover a sum alleged to be due by way of per diem compensation for services rendered by plaintiff as a member of the “Purchasing Committee” for Tallapoosa County, created by a local act approved July 30, 1935. Local Acts 1935, p. 123.
Recovery was denied in the Justice Court and also on appeal to the Circuit Court on the ground that the act creating the office under which plaintiff claims to render service is unconstitutional and void.
In the Circuit Court the cause was tried on a plea in short by consent, and heard…
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