Legal Opinion
Ex Parte City of Birmingham
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 23, 1918No. 6 Div. 768PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Certiorari to Court of Appeals. Frank F. Best was convicted of violating a municipal ordinance, and appealed to the Court of Appeals where conviction was reversed and cause remanded (78 South. 100). The City petitioned for certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
The sections of the ordinance here involved are those numbered 2 and 4, and they read as follows:
“Sec. 2. Be it further ordained that every male inhabitant of the city of Birmingham, between the ages of 21 and 45 years, shall, on or before the first day of March, 1917, and every year thereafter, pay to the city comptroller, for the use of the city of Birmingham, a street tax of five dollars per annum: Provided, that any person liable for a street tax, may in lieu of said tax, work six days on the public streets of the city of Birmingham, under the direction of the street commissioner, by…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Butler v. PerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Mayor of Mobile v. YuilleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1841
- Kennamer v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1907
- Ex parte BurnettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1857
- Boyd v. SelmaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Ex Parte SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
- City of Mobile v. CollinsAlabama Court of Appeals · 1930
- Town of Lineville v. GaunttAlabama Court of Appeals · 1924
- Tennessee Coal, Iron R. Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
- City of Birmingham v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
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