Legal Opinion
Walker v. Junior
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided November 8, 1945No. 7 Div. 822PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Justice.
This is a contest of a municipal election for the positions of mayor and aldermen of the town of Fruithurst, Alabama, under the statute providing for such contests, Code 1940, Title 37, § 31 and Tit. 17, § 231 et seq.
One of the specific mandates of our ballot law is that in all elections (as here pertinent) voting must be by official ballot printed and distributed by the public official charged by law with such duty and “no ballot shall be received or counted in any election except it be provided as prescribed by law.” Code 1940, Title 17, § 165.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- Jones v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1899
- Parks v. State ex rel. OwensSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
- Allen v. FullerIllinois Supreme Court · 1928
- Groom v. TaylorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
- People Ex Rel. Henry v. New York Central Railroad LinesIllinois Supreme Court · 1942
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Boucher v. BomhoffAlaska Supreme Court · 1972
- Perloff v. EdingtonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
- Longshore v. City of HomewoodSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
- Morrison v. CrewsTennessee Supreme Court · 1951
- Roe v. State Of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995
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