Legal Opinion

Gullatt v. State Ex Rel. Lawson

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 11, 1942No. 4 Div. 239Published

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, Justice.

The appeal is from the overruling of demurrer to the bill by the state filed to abate a nuisance.

The statutes that obtain are found in Code 1940, T. 7, §§ 1091-1108; Code 1923, Chap. 325, Art. 1, §§ 9271-9298.

We consider the grounds of demurrer on which appellant relies and argues pursuant to the rule set forth in Georgia Cotton Co. v. Lee, 196 Ala. 599, 72 So. 158.

Appellant relies upon Howard v. State, 238 Ala. 185, 190 So. 278, urging that the state is not here made a proper party because the bill was not signed by the attorney general but by the state’s solicitor of the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Georgia Cotton Co. v. LeeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
  2. Brown v. State Ex Rel. WrightSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
  3. Howard v. State Ex Rel. AndrewsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939

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