Green v. City of Demopolis

It is the law that municipal ordinances must be clear, certain, and duly promulgated. Kreulhaus v. City of Birmingham, 164 Ala. 623,51 So. 297, 26 L.R.A. (N.S.) 492. The ordinance in the instant case meets that requirement, and the demurrer to the complaint filed by the city was properly overruled.

The book of ordinances of the city of Demopolis, being identified by the city clerk, who also testified to the custody and publication, and also to his certificate, was properly admitted in evidence. Vol. 10 Mich. Dig. p. 61 (3). The provisions of section 1258 of the Code of 1907, as amended by Acts…