Legal Opinion
Hawkins v. Jefferson County
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 11, 1936No. 6 Div. 883PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, Justice.
This is a petition filed under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act, approved September 7, 1935 (Gen.Acts 1935, p. 777), for the purpose of determining the validity of an act of. the Legislature approved April 19, 1933 (Loc.Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., p. 43), which undertakes to fix the salary of the probate judge of Jefferson county at $6,500 per annum, and made to become effective by its terms upon its approval. Another act had been approved by the Governor July 30, 1931, enacted by the same Legislature at a different session, by which the salary of probate judges in all counties…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- State ex rel. Winter v. SayreSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
- State Ex Rel. Ward v. HenrySupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
- State ex rel. Thomas v. GunterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- State Ex Rel. Montgomery v. MerrillSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
- Ikelheimer v. Chapman's Adm'rsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1858
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3Cited by26 opinions
- State v. FriedkinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1943
- Tuscaloosa County v. ShamblinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
- Almon v. Morgan CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
- Hamilton v. Autauga CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1972
- Bagwell v. Woodward Iron Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1938
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