Legal Opinion
City of Mobile v. Salter
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided November 24, 1971No. 1 Div. 663PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRILL, Justice.
This appeal is from a decree in a declaratory judgment proceeding wherein an ordinance of the City of Mobile levying taxes on real estate in Highpoint Estates, was held invalid because it was in conflict with Act No. 18, General Acts of Alabama 1956, p. 279, Second Special Session.
In the spring of 1956, the City of Mobile was sponsoring a bill to annex 64 square miles of new territory which included the Highpoint Estates area. The city commissioners had numerous meetings with the legislative delegation from Mobile County and the delegation agreed to introduce and pass the…
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