Hicks v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Clarke County Court; A. S. Johnson, Jndge. Ambus Hicks was convicted of violation of by-laws adopted by the court of county commissioners relative to highway construction, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, P. J.
Some of the questions presented in this case were considered in the case of Floyd v. State, 15 Ala. App. 654, 74 South. 752, and it is not necessary to restate the principles therein stated.
[t] Although the powers conferred by the act of September 22, 1915, are vested in the court of county commissioners, and not the individuals constituting its personnel, yet in the exercise of its legislative functions it is not subject to the rules applied to judicial courts as to the time and place such courts must exercise strictly judicial functions. Commissioners’ Court of Coffee County v. Ballard, 185…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Matkin v. Marengo CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1902
- Logan v. Central Iron & Coal Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1903
- Floyd v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1917
- Stephens v. Court Co. Com.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1913
- Ballard v. CookSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Oliver v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1918
- Horn v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1920
- Brown v. Shelby CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
- Isbell v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1920
- Windham v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1918
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