Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Richardson v. Morrow
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 26, 1964No. 6 Div. 53PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARWOOD, Justice.
In the court below the action was in the nature of a quo warranto proceeding brought in the name of the State of Alabama on the relation of Roland J. Richardson, individually, and as Mayor of the City of Cordova, Alabama, seeking to oust and exclude Chesley B. Morrow as a member of the Board of Directors of the Water Works and Gas Board of the City of Cordova.
The substance of the petition was that Chesley B. Morrow is ineligible to hold such office because he was and is now an employee of the Alabama Power Company, á corporation operating or holding a franchise granted by the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Harrington v. State Ex Rel. Van HayesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
- In Re Opinions of the JusticesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
- Water Works Board of City of Birmingham v. StephensSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
- Scott v. StrobachSupreme Court of Alabama · 1873
- Murphy v. PickleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1956
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3Cited by23 opinions
- League of Women Voters v. RenfroSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
- Carson v. City of PrichardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1998
- Ex Parte EdwardsSupreme Court of Alabama · 2001
- Marshall Durbin & Co. v. Jasper Utilities Bd.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1983
- Siegelman v. FolmarSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
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