Wallace v. Board of Revenue of Jefferson County
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Jefferson County. Heai-cl before the Hon. John C. Carmichael. The bill in this case was filed by the appellant, John H. Wallace, who is a property owner and tax-payer and resident citizen of Jefferson county, against A. J. Tar-rant, President of the Board of Revenue of Jefferson county, and the Board of Revenue of Jefferson county; and sought to have the respondents enjoined from advertising and making a contract for furnishing the necessary…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Jefferson County. Heai-cl before the Hon. John C. Carmichael. The bill in this case was filed by the appellant, John H. Wallace, who is a property owner and tax-payer and resident citizen of Jefferson county, against A. J. Tar-rant, President of the Board of Revenue of Jefferson county, and the Board of Revenue of Jefferson county; and sought to have the respondents enjoined from advertising and making a contract for furnishing the necessary records, blank books, stationery and other supplies ,.to the circuit court of Jefferson county, as consolidated under…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
The legislature passed an act, approved October 9, 1903, (Acts, 1903, p. 745), entitled “An act To consolidate the ‘city conrt of Birmingham,’ the ‘Circuit conrt of Jefferson county,’ the ‘Criminal court of Jefferson county,’ and the ‘Chancery court of Jefferson county,’ into one’court to be known as the ‘Circuit Court of Jefferson County,’ with a sufficient number of judges for the transaction of the business of such consolidated court, as provided by section 148 of the Constitution of Alabama.”
Said section 148 of the Constitution provides: “The Legislature may confer upon the Circuit Court…
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