Legal Opinion
Powers v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 30, 1938No. 6 Div. 322PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, Justice.
This is a suit in equity brought in the name of J. J. Powers, Jr., suing for the use and benefit of the State of Alabama: otherwise the State is not a party. He alleges that he is a citizen and taxpayer of Alabama, and sues also on behalf of all other citizens and taxpayers of Alabama.
The suit is directed against the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company and Maryland Casualty Company because of their contract of suretyship on the official bond of S. H. Blan, as treasurer of Alabama, effective in January 1931. It is then alleged that there was passed an Act of the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Massachusetts v. MellonSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Hall v. BlanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- State Ex Rel. Chilton County v. ButlerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
- Montgomery v. SparksSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
- Griffin v. DrennenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Newman v. GraddickCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Beckerle v. MooreSupreme Court of Alabama · 2005
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