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Williams v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 16, 1935No. 6 Div. 729PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOULDIN, Justice.

The bill was filed by the Attorney General in the name of the state of Alabama, suing on its own behalf, and for the use of Pickens county, to recover public funds unlawfully deposited by the tax collector of Pickens county in the Bank of Carrollton.

To this end, the bill claimed preferential payment out of the funds coming to the hands of the superintendent of banks on failure of ,the Bank of Carrollton, and now in liquidation. The trial court granted the relief prayed.

Appellants do not challenge the recovery of state funds, nor ordinary county funds so on deposit at the time…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Montgomery v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
  2. National Surety Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
  3. Montgomery v. City of AthensSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
  4. Pickens County v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
  5. State v. ClementsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Lee v. MacOn County Board of EducationDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1967
  2. Sims v. Etowah County Bd. of Ed.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1976
  3. Opinion of the JusticesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1993
  4. Hawkins v. State Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
  5. State v. Tuscaloosa CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1937

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