Legal Opinion
City of Decatur v. Thames Bank & Trust Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 9, 1936No. 8058PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
Appellant the city of Decatur is a consolidated city made up of the two adjoining cities, Decatur and Albany. Appellees are holders of judgments against the consolidated city of Decatur on bonds issued by the city of Albany before the consolidation. The judgment for mandamus from which this appeal was taken was entered in a suit consolidating the suits appellees had individually brought on these judg*106merits. The object of these suits was to compel the officers of the consolidated city to levy and collect taxes on property in the Albany portion of it up to 1 per cent.,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Mount Pleasant v. BeckwithSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Louisiana v. PilsburySupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Mobile v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Broughton v. PensacolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- City of Galena v. AmySupreme Court of the United States · 1867
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3Cited by6 opinions
- City of Winter Haven v. GillespieCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1936
- Ocean Beach Heights, Inc. v. Brown Crummer Inv. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1937
- Hood v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1990
- Troup v. City of DecaturSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
- Blanton v. City of HoustonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1961
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