Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Talley

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 23, 1939No. 8 Div. 14PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOULDIN, Justice.-

The right of the citizen to use the name of the state in prosecuting an information in the nature of quo warranto under Code, § 9932, against one who intrudes into a profession, without a license, the certificate of qualification required by law, is purely statutory.

It may bé brought “on the information of any person giving security for the costs of the action, to be approved by the clerk of the court in which the action is brought.” Code, § 9933.

This provision dates back to the Code of 1852, § 2655.

In State ex rel. Burnett v. Town Council of Cahaba, 30 Ala. 66, it was…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Colbert County v. Tennessee Valley BankSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
  2. Ex parte BradshawSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
  3. Capital City Water Co. v. State ex rel. MacdonaldSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
  4. Heflin v. Rock Mills Manufacturing & Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1877
  5. Griswold v. ThorntonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Birmingham Bar Ass'n v. Phillips & MarshSupreme Court of Alabama · 1940
  2. Brannan v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 2000
  3. State ex rel. Radcliff v. LautenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
  4. Carr v. SamuelsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1969
  5. Portland General Electric Co. v. City of EstacadaOregon Supreme Court · 1952

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