Legal Opinion · Dissent
Opinion of the Justices
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided April 8, 1982No. 294Published
1DissentMaddox, Justice
I cannot agree with the opinion of the majority of the Justices on this issue.
In Mayor, etc. of Ensley v. Cohn, 149 Ala. 316, 42 So. 827 (1907), this Court considered § 106 just six years after its ratification by the people, and regarding the requirements of local legislation, which in that case, proposed that city limits be altered or rearranged, stated:
“The substance of the proposed law in the present case is the altering or rearranging of the boundaries of the city. This was contained in the published notice of the intention to apply for the passage of the act, and, conceding that it was…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Wilkinson v. AllenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
- First Nat. Bank v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
- Mayor of Ensley v. CohnSupreme Court of Alabama · 1907
- Law v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1904
- Brame v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1905
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