Legal Opinion
Tuscaloosa County v. Shamblin
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 25, 1936No. 6 Div. 989PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, Justice.
This is a suit in equity under the Declaratory Judgment Act of September 7, 1935, Gen. Acts 1935, p. 777.
The purpose is primarily to have declaration as to the validity of an act of the Legislature to regulate the office of the sheriff of Tuscaloosa county (Local Acts 1936, p. 53), approved April 7, 1936, by which, among other things, the salary of the sheriff is fixed at $4,000 per annum, payable monthly, prescribing the details as to his office expenses, by authorily of a constitutional amendment. See, Gen. Acts 1935, p. 1170.
It is also alleged that for the month of May,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Yauger v. TaylorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
- Karter v. EastSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
- Jefferson County v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
- Hill v. LindseySupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
- Board of Revenue and Road Com'rs v. PuckettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Berman v. Wreck-A-Pair Bldg. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1937
- City of Mobile v. Gulf Development Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1965
- Almon v. Morgan CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
- Meriwether v. Crown Investment CorporationSupreme Court of Alabama · 1972
- Thompson v. Chilton CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
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