State, Ex Rel. Abernathy v. City of Sheffield

SHORES, Justice.

Plaintiff Gene Abernathy appeals an order of the circuit court dismissing his complaint as amended as to all defendants for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.

Abernathy brought suit in the name of the state on the relation of himself, individually as a citizen of Colbert County, and as a member of the Colbert County Board of Plumbers Examination and Registration. The defendants are the six municipalities of Colbert County, namely, the city of Sheffield, the city of Tuscumbia, the city of Muscle Shoals, the town of Leighton, the town of Cherokee, and…