Legal Opinion

City of Montgomery v. Graham

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided April 19, 1951No. 3 Div. 573PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by the City of Montgomery from an order of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County overruling the demurrer to the bill of complaint filed by appellees as a class action under Equity Rule 31, Code 1940, Tit. 7 Appendix.

The bill alleges in substance that the corporate limits of the City of Montgomery were extended pursuant to legislative act approved September 18, 1949, which became effective September 30, 1949. Appellees are all owners of real estate which was incorporated on September 30, 1949, but which prior to said date was without the corporate…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Louisville N. R. Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
  2. Morgan v. Board of School Com'rs of Mobile CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
  3. Johnson v. State Ex Rel. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Peddycoart v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
  2. Zeigler v. BakerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1977
  3. Hunt v. HubbertSupreme Court of Alabama · 1991
  4. Edmonds v. BronnerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
  5. Ex parte Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1957

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