Quinnelly v. City of Prichard

JONES, Justice.

This is an appeal from a final decree of the Circuit Court of Mobile County, in Equity, on February 15, 1973, denying Bernard G. Quinnelly’s petition seeking a declaration that his acquittal by the Recorder’s Court of the City of Prichard (Respondent-Appellee) of charges of violating a city zoning ordinance constitutes a bar to further prosecutions for the same offense.

The primary issues raised by this appeal are: Does acquittal of a charge of violating a zoning ordinance avail to the accused the defense of res judicata as to subsequent charges of the same offense, although…