Graves v. Eubank
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Montgomery County; Leon McCord, Judge. Petition by Mary Lou Graves against A. H. Eubank, as Tax Collector, for mandamus to require the said Eubank, as Tax Collector, to receive poll tax of petitioner and issue her poll tax receipt. From a judgment-denying the petition, petitioner appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Montgomery County; Leon McCord, Judge. Petition by Mary Lou Graves against A. H. Eubank, as Tax Collector, for mandamus to require the said Eubank, as Tax Collector, to receive poll tax of petitioner and issue her poll tax receipt. From a judgment-denying the petition, petitioner appeals. The petition alleges that petitioner is over the age of 21 years and under the age of 45; that she is a duly registered elector of Montgomery county, and has been a bona fide resident therein for some time; that she tendered to the tax collector the amount of her poll tax, which…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, C. J.
[1-3] The question presented for decision upon this appeal is the liability vel non of a woman who has been duly registered to pay a poll tax between the 1st day of October, 1920, and February 1, 1921, as a condition precedent to a right to vote in subsequent elections. The Nineteenth Amendment to the federal Constitution, which became effective August 26, 1920, reads as follows:
“Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex*
“Sec. 21. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by…
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