Legal Opinion

Cherokee County v. Savage

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 11, 1947No. 7 Div. 930PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Suit by Hon. F. M. Savage, Judge of the Cherokee Law and Equity Court, against Cherokee County, a municipal corporation, for a declaratory judgment to determine the constitutionality of a local act, enacted by the Legislature of Alabama and approved July 22, 1947, abolishing the Cherokee Law and Equity Court, and for the determination of other questions to be noted later. The suit is filed under and by virtue of sections 156 et seq., Title 7, Code of 1940. No factual controversy exists.

On June 17, 1943, a local act of the Legislature, Local Acts 1943, page 81, was duly adopted creating in and…

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Winter v. SayreSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
  2. State ex rel. Thomas v. GunterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
  3. Perkins v. CorbinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1871
  4. Tucker v. State Ex Rel. PooleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935
  5. Downs v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1940

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Opinion of the Justices to the SenateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  2. Pruett v. PattonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1972
  3. Opinion of the JusticesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
  4. Opinion of the JusticesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
  5. Town of Dutton v. TigueSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973

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