Legal Opinion
Johnson v. State Ex Rel. City of Birmingham
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 9, 1944No. 6 Div. 219PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Justice.
The appeal is from a judgment of the circuit court directing the Tax Assessor of Jefferson County to list for taxes certain properties in territory newly annexed to the city.
The petition was for writ of mandamus, filed by the city, to require the tax assessor to assess the properties indicated for municipal taxes for the year 1944.
The undisputed facts in this case show that on May 25, 1943, the City of Birmingham, acting by and'through its Board of Commissioners, by the adoption of an ordinance of that date as provided by law, levied a tax “on all real and personal property…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- United States v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Sadler v. LanghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1859
- Mayor of Mobile v. Stonewall InsuranceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
- Yeilding v. State Ex Rel. WilkinsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
- City of Ensley v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
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3Cited by14 opinions
- City of Birmingham v. City of Vestavia HillsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1995
- In Re Opinion of the JusticesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
- Morgan v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967
- Haden v. WatsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1960
- City of Montgomery v. GrahamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1951
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