Legal Opinion
Stone v. State Ex Rel. Courtney
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided December 17, 1936No. 1 Div. 928PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOULDIN, Justice.
Mandamus proceeding to require the treasurer of Mobile county to register a warrant issued for the monthly salary of the second assistant solicitor of the Thirteenth judicial circuit of Alabama.
The suit is to test the constitutionality of the act purporting to create such office. General Acts 1927, p. 36.
This act is challenged as a local and not a general law, defined by section 110 of the Constitution, and violative of section 106 in that no notice was given and proof made as required for local legislation.
The portion of the act purporting to create the office reads: “That…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Wallace v. Board of Revenue of Jefferson CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1903
- State Ex Rel. Montgomery v. MerrillSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
- Ward v. State Ex Rel. LeaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
- Henry v. WilsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
- State ex rel. Gaston v. BlackSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Pruett v. PattonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1972
- State v. MillsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
- Deseret Ranches of Florida, Inc. v. St. Johns River Water Management Dist.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
- Horgan v. DAUPHIN ISLAND WATER, ETC.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1982
- Opinion of the JusticesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949
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