Mayor of Ensley v. Cohn
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Criminal Court. Heard before Hon. M. M. Baldwin. Action by tfie mayor and city council of Ensley . against T. A. Cohn for the violation of a city ordinance prohibiting the carrying on of any licensed business without such license. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from Jefferson Criminal Court. Heard before Hon. M. M. Baldwin. Action by tfie mayor and city council of Ensley . against T. A. Cohn for the violation of a city ordinance prohibiting the carrying on of any licensed business without such license. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. This case was tried upon the following agreed statements of facts: “That said defendant did engage in a business in Tuxedo Park during June and July, 1905, for which a license was required by the ordinance of said city of Ensley, without having taken out a license therefor from the said city of…
1Opinion of the Court
DOWDELL, J. —
This case was tried in the court below on an agreed statement of facts. The question presented for our consideration involves the constitutionality of two acts of the Legislature, viz: (1) “An act to amend section 1 of an act approved March 2, 1901, entitled ‘An act to amend section 1 of an act entitled *319“An act to establish a new charter for the city of Ensley in Jefferson county, Alabama,” ’ ” approved February 28, 1903. Loc. Acts 1903, p. 107. (2) An act entitled “An act to alter or rearrange the boundaries of the city of Ensley, Jefferson county, Alabama,” approved September…
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