State ex rel. Terry v. Lanier
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Madison Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. R. C. Brickell. Petition by the State of Alabama, on the relation of T. T. Terry, for mandamus, to M. H. Lanier, President of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Huntsville-, to require him to submit at an election of the qualified electors the question ■ of abandoning the commission form of government. From a decree sustaining demurrers to the petition, relator appeals.
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Appeal from Madison Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. R. C. Brickell. Petition by the State of Alabama, on the relation of T. T. Terry, for mandamus, to M. H. Lanier, President of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Huntsville-, to require him to submit at an election of the qualified electors the question ■ of abandoning the commission form of government. From a decree sustaining demurrers to the petition, relator appeals. The petitioner alleges that a petition signed by the requisite number of qualified voters was addressed and submitted to and filed with the judge of probate, and that…
1Opinion of the Court
This case was submitted and considered by the court under rule 46 (64 South, vii) and the opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Anderson.(1) The title to Acts 1915, p. 770, reads as follows:
“An act to provide a mode whereby cities in the state of Alabama, which shall have heretofore adopted or may hereafter adopt a commission form of government, as authorized by law, may after an election upon such question, abandon such commission form of government, and return to the aldermanic form of government, as the same existed therein at the time of adoption of such commission form…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- State ex rel. Crumpton v. MontgomerySupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
- State v. RogersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- State v. StreetSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
- State ex rel. Thomas v. GunterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- Touart v. State ex rel. CallaghanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Newton v. City of TuscaloosaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
- Nachman v. State Tax CommissionSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
- State Docks Commission v. State Ex Rel. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- Pillans v. HancockSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
- Wilkinson v. StilesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
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