Griffin v. Drennen
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before lion. O. W. Ferguson. The bill was filed by appellant as a. citizen and taxpayer of the city of Birmingham, on behalf of himself and other tax-payers, against the mayor of B inning'll am, and the mayor and aldermen of the city, for a mandatory injunction requiring the said mayor to repay to' the city treasury the excess in salary collected by him from May tot, 1903, to Dec. 31 et, 1901. The hill alleges the passage of ihe act…
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Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before lion. O. W. Ferguson. The bill was filed by appellant as a. citizen and taxpayer of the city of Birmingham, on behalf of himself and other tax-payers, against the mayor of B inning'll am, and the mayor and aldermen of the city, for a mandatory injunction requiring the said mayor to repay to' the city treasury the excess in salary collected by him from May tot, 1903, to Dec. 31 et, 1901. The hill alleges the passage of ihe act construed in the opinion, .sets /up that Birmingham is in the (lass of cities-mentioned in said act, and that the mayor,…
1Opinion of the CourtAndebson, J.
This appeal involves the ■ constitutionality of Act 1903, p. 108, entitled “An Act'to-fix-and provide for the salaries of mayors in cities in the state of Alabama.” ■ • ■
Upon the former consideration- of this case we concluded that the act in question was violative of'section 45 of the constitution, upon the'idea that the title was deceptive and misleading, in that it did not clearly express the subject- o-f the l-a-w a.s it was enacted. The title, however, provided for legislation'relating -to cities in Alabama, and was sufficient to inform the public) and the' inhabitants of each-city in…
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