Legal Opinion
Hamilton v. Autauga County
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 28, 1972No. 7 Div. 909PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLOODWORTH, Justice.
The appeal in this case is from a final decree in a declaratory judgment proceeding wherein an act, providing that sheriffs be compensated by an annual salary, was held to be constitutional when freed of its unconstitutional exceptions.
The bill of complaint sought a declaratory judgment as to the constitutionality of Act No. 1170, Acts of Alabama, 1969, p. 2179, appvd. Sept. 13, 1969, and prayed that the counties of Alabama be permanently *422enjoined from complying with the provisions of the Act.
The bill of complaint was brought by Hoyt B. Hamilton, a resident, taxpayer, and…
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