Legal Opinion
Wilkins v. Woolf
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 7, 1968No. 1 Div. 437PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARWOOD, Justice.
In a declaratory proceeding in equity, the Chancellor of the Baldwin County Circuit Court declared unconstitutional Act No. 818 (Acts of Alabama, 1965 Regular Session, Vol. II, pages 1530-1532, approved 2 September 1965).
The Act purports to place certain officials of Baldwin County on salaries in lieu of fees.
Amendment CCXXIX to our Constitution, proclaimed ratified 13 December 1965, provides in parts pertinent to this review:
“The legislature may, by general or local laws, fix, alter, and regulate the costs and charges of court and the fees, commissions, percentages,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Alabama State Federation of Labor v. McAdorySupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
- Williams v. SchwarzSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
- Wallace v. Board of Revenue of Jefferson CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1903
- State Ex Rel. Wilkinson v. AllenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
- Kendrick v. BoydSupreme Court of Alabama · 1951
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3Cited by46 opinions
- Beck v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
- Richards v. IzziSupreme Court of Alabama · 2001
- Hamilton v. Autauga CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1972
- Jefferson County v. BraswellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
- BF Goodrich Company v. ButlerCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1975
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