Tucker v. McLendon

The question of first concern in this cause is: Has the city commission of Birmingham the legal power and authority to remove at pleasure an officer of the police department of the city?

The Legislature of Alabama, in 1911, gave much attention to the question of reform in city government in Alabama. It may be said to have been a part of a nation-wide discussion at that time. The work of the Alabama Legislature found expression in a series of acts for commission forms of government in the cities and towns of the state. To meet the needs of the occasion cities and towns were classified on a…