Legal Opinion

Williams v. City of Albany

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 12, 1927No. 8 Div. 941PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBouddin, J.

Appellant was convicted for violating the general license tax ordinance No. 440 of the city of Albany, fixing a schedule of licenses for carrying on business within the corporate limits of the city.

An ordinance in book or pamphlet form, purporting to be published by authority of the council, is evidence of the legal passage and publication thereof as of the dates mentioned of provided for therein. Code, § 2000; Cooper v. Town of Valley Head, 212 Ala. 125, 101 So. 874.

The record shows the ordinance involved was published in pamphlet form, passed December 26, 1924, and approved December 27,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Cooper v. Town of Valley HeadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
  2. Ex parte BozemanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
  3. Mills v. Court of Com'rsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
  4. City of Argenta v. KeathSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1917
  5. Kentz v. City of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Harris v. State Ex Rel. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
  2. Town of Guntersville v. WrightSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
  3. McCraney v. City of LeedsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1940
  4. City of Birmingham v. HoltSupreme Court of Alabama · 1940
  5. Decatur Transit v. City of GadsdenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947

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