Parker v. MOUNT OLIVE FIRE AND RESCUE DIST.

This appeal arises from a challenge to an election establishing a fire and rescue district in Jefferson County. The probate court denied appellants' motion to alter, amend, or vacate its order establishing the district according to the election results. We affirm.

Act No. 79 of the Special Session of the Alabama Legislature, 1966, as amended (Act 79), provides the procedure for establishing fire and rescue districts in Jefferson County. Amendment No. 239 to the Alabama Constitution, ratified in 1965, allowed the legislature to provide for the formation of fire protection districts in Jefferson…