State ex rel. Attorney General v. Pratt
Supreme Court of Alabama
Original petition in the Supreme Court. Proceedings by the State on the relation of W. L. Martin, Attorney General, against W. L. Pratt, as judge •of probate of the county of Bibb, to impeach and remove respondent from office because of habitual drunkenness. Order entered removing respondent from of.fice.
1DissentSayre, J.
(Dissenting.) — I am not' disposed to raise any question about the statement of the law to be found in the majority opinion. It suffices for my *126purpose to repeat the language of the Constitution, which is not of difficult comprehension. That instrument says: That a judge of the probate court ‘may be removed from office for willful neglect' of duty, corruption in office, incompetency, or intemperance in the use of intoxicating liquors or narcotics to such an extent, in view of the dignity of the office and importance of its duties, as unfits the officer for the discharge of such duties, or for…
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