Little v. State ex rel. Huey
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Bessemer. Heard before tbe Hon. B. C. Jones. This was a quo warranto proceeding, instituted by the State on the relation of T. T. Huey and others, tlie appellees, against the appellants.
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Appeal from the City Court of Bessemer. Heard before tbe Hon. B. C. Jones. This was a quo warranto proceeding, instituted by the State on the relation of T. T. Huey and others, tlie appellees, against the appellants. It was averred in the petition that the relators were duly and regularly elected a hoard of mayor and aldermen for the city of Bessemer on September 8th, 1901; that they immediately thereafter duly and regularly qualified and entered upon the discharge of the duties of said offices; that under the charter of the city of Bessemer, the hoard of mayor and aldermen of said city had…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
The charter of the city of Bessemer, (Acts, 1900-1901, p. 444) section 29, prescribes the powers of the mayor and aldermen of the city, and in the 10th specification of powers, bestows on them the authority “To appoint anil regulate day and night watchmen, police patrol and captain thereof, and to maintain a police force consisting of snclr officers and patrolmen, and under such rules and regulations as they may deem necessary.”
The legislature, on the 3rd March, 1903, passed an act entitled “An. act, to establish a hoard of police commissioners of the city of Bessemer, Alabama; to provide for…
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