Legal Opinion

City of Bessemer v. Personnel Board

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 16, 1941No. 6 Div. 687PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, Justice.

Appellants make the insistence that employees engaged, in supplying electricity to the public on behalf of the city of Bessemer, acting through a public utility board which the city created for that purpose, are not employees of the city whose compensation is paid in whole, or in part from the public funds of the city within the meaning of the Civil Service Act of Alabama applicable to Jefferson County, including classes of cities of which Bessemer is one. General Acts 1935, page 691, approved August 28, 1935; General Acts 1939, page 542, approved September 15, 1939. See,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. City of Trenton v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  2. State Docks Commission v. BarnesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
  3. Puget Sound Power & Light Co. v. SeattleSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  4. Yeilding v. State Ex Rel. WilkinsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
  5. Alabama Power Co. v. Cullman County Electric Membership Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1937

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Appeal of Pine Bluffs v. State Board of EqualizationWyoming Supreme Court · 1958
  2. Walls v. City of GuntersvilleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
  3. City of Birmingham v. HendrixSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
  4. Benson W. Peak v. City of Tuscaloosa.Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2011
  5. City of Selma v. Dallas CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 2007

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