State ex rel. Attorney General v. Pratt
Supreme Court of Alabama
Original petition in the Supreme Court. Proceedings by the State on the relation of W. L. Martin, Attorney General, against W. L. Pratt, as judge •of probate of the county of Bibb, to impeach and remove respondent from office because of habitual drunkenness. Order entered removing respondent from of.fice.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McClellan
Pursuant to the recommendation of the grand jury of that county, presented under and in virtue of Code, § 7124, 7125, the respondent’s impeachment is sought by the state of Alabama, on the relation of its Attorney General.(1) The single charge preferred against the officer is grounded in this provision of section 173 of the Constitution of 1901: “Intemperance in the use of intoxicating liquors or narcotics to such an extent, in view of the dignity of the office, and the importance of its du*120ties, as unfits the officer for the discharge of such duties.”
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- State ex rel. Attorney-General v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
- State ex rel. Atty. Gen. v. MartinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
- State ex rel. Attorney General v. LathamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
3Cited by5 opinions
- Parker v. AmersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
- Fuller v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1958
- Dollar v. State Ex Rel. SivleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
- Norris v. Fayette County CommissionSupreme Court of Alabama · 2013
- Parker v. AmersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987