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Haralson v. State Ex Rel. King

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided October 29, 1953No. 7 Div. 211PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Livingston, chief justice.

Quo warranto to determine the right of Henry Haralson, the duly elected Mayor of Fort Payne, Alabama, to sit with the Council'of- said city and vote in- its proceedings. Haralson was elected Mayor of Fort Payne in 'a municipal election held on September 15, 1952.

Section 404, Title 37. of the. 1940 Code of Alabama, provides,: ;

--‘In all cities'- and towns -at the -general election to' be field on the - third Monday in-September, 1940,’ and quadrennially ' thereafter, ■ there shall be elected a mayor,'who, in cities having á population of six thousand or more,…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Prowell v. State ex rel. HastySupreme Court of Alabama · 1904
  2. Commonwealth ex rel. Woodring v. WalterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
  3. Holcomb v. SpikesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1921
  4. Varble v. WhitecottonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1945
  5. Lewis v. Lackawanna CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. City of St. Louis Park v. KingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1956
  2. Jones v. ConradiSupreme Court of Alabama · 1995
  3. Glencoe Paving Company v. GravesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957
  4. State v. AAA Motor Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1963
  5. Alidor v. Mobile County CommissionSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973

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