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City of Tuskegee v. Sharpe

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 28, 1973No. SC 47PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COLEMAN, Justice.

Respondents appeal from decree for complainant in suit to compel specific performance of a contract granting complainant an option to purchase land.

Complainant is a natural person. Respondents are the City of Tuskegee which is a municipal corporation in Macon County, the mayor of the city, and five persons who are the duly elected members of the city council.

Complainant alleges that the city is the owner of certain land in Macon County comprising 659.67 acres, more or less; and that on September 22, 1964, the city council entered an ordinance on its minutes that the land was…

2Cases cited59 opinions

  1. Phelps v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. Black v. MaddoxSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  3. Mills County v. Lampasas CountyTexas Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Delta County v. BlackburnTexas Supreme Court · 1906
  5. Yeilding v. State Ex Rel. WilkinsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Rogers v. City of South CharlestonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Dahl v. City of GraftonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1980
  3. Johnson v. City of SylacaugaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
  4. City of Selma v. United StatesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1979
  5. City of Selma v. United StatesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1979

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