Legal Opinion

Wheat v. Ramsey

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 12, 1969No. 4 Div. 338PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MERRILL, Justice.

This appeal is from a decree in a declaratory judgment proceeding which held that Ordinance No. 3227 of the City of Dothan, which incorporated the Southern Standard Housing Code, was unconstitutional.

Appellee Ramsey filed his bill of complaint against R. D. Wheat, as the Building Official of the City of Dothan, and the City of Dothan, seeking a declaratory judgment that the Southern Standard Housing Code and Ordinance No. 3227 of the City of Dothan adopting said Code on November 16, 1965, are null and void, alleging the same to be unreasonable, discriminatory and invalid,…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Leary v. AdamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
  2. Richards v. City of ColumbiaSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1955
  3. Givner v. Commissioner of Health of Baltimore CityCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1955
  4. Boden v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1959
  5. Spear v. WardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Hallman v. City of NorthportCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1980
  2. Bell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2016
  3. City of St. Louis v. BruneSupreme Court of Missouri · 1974
  4. Island Bay Utilities, Inc. v. ALABAMA DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1991
  5. Wilkins v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1992

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