State ex rel. Williams v. Griffin
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Cullman 'Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. O. Kyle. Tliis was a 'statutory proceeding under section 3420 of tlie Code, instituted in tlie name of tbe State on tbe relation of Tbomas B. Williams against S. J. Griffin and 'four associates, for tbe purpose of inquiring into ■and testing tbe legality of tbeir claim to exercise tbe privileges and powers of “tbe Text Book Board of Cull-man 'County, Alabama,” under tbe Act of tbe general assembly mentioned in tire…
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Appeal from Cullman 'Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. O. Kyle. Tliis was a 'statutory proceeding under section 3420 of tlie Code, instituted in tlie name of tbe State on tbe relation of Tbomas B. Williams against S. J. Griffin and 'four associates, for tbe purpose of inquiring into ■and testing tbe legality of tbeir claim to exercise tbe privileges and powers of “tbe Text Book Board of Cull-man 'County, Alabama,” under tbe Act of tbe general assembly mentioned in tire opinion. Tbe information assailed tbe act as violative of section 2 of Article IV, section 1 of Article II, and section 4 of…
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
— This proceeding questions the right of 'defendants to hold offices as members of a text book board under an act of March 2, 1901, entitled “An act to establish a ¡text book board for the public schools of Cullman county and to define its duties and powers.” Acts 1900-1901, p. 1967. The petition is grounded on the assumption that |the act is void as being offensive to the constitution of 1875, and particularly to ¡that part of section two of article four which requires that “each law shall contain but one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title.” To the writer, this position…
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