State ex rel. Crenshaw v. Joseph
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Pearson. Information by the State on the relation of C. E. Crensbaw, Jr., and another, in the nature of quo warranto, directed to E. B. Joseph, and the others constituting the City Commissioners of Montgomery. From a judgment for respondent, relators appeal.
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Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Pearson. Information by the State on the relation of C. E. Crensbaw, Jr., and another, in the nature of quo warranto, directed to E. B. Joseph, and the others constituting the City Commissioners of Montgomery. From a judgment for respondent, relators appeal. The clause limiting; the time which an executive has to veto a bill before it becomes a law is in practically every state constitution in the United States, and has been construed bjr Supreme Courts of other states, though it seems not to have been construed in this state. See…
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
This information in the nature of quo warranto was filed by the appellant Crenshaw, in the name and behalf of the state, aud sought a judicial determination to the effect that defendants were not entitled to hold office as commissioners for the city of Montgomery, as they were assuming to do. By their answer, defendants justified their assumption of official power and functions under an appointment by the Governor, alleging that their said appointment was made in pursuance of the act “to provide and create a commission form of municipal government and to establish same in all. cities of…
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