Guarisco v. City of Daphne

Section 94 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment No. 112, prohibits a municipality from lending its credit or granting "public money or thing of value" in aid of, or to, any individual or private corporation. In Garland v. Board of Revenue ofMontgomery County, 87 Ala. 223, 6 So. 402 (1889), this Court expounded upon the scope and historical underpinnings of this prohibition:

"[T]o comprehend the scope of [§ 94], . . . the causes in which it originated, and the mischiefs designed to be remedied, may be properly and helpfully considered. Under the constitutions…