Legal Opinion

Edgil v. City of Carbon Hill

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 25, 1926No. 6 Div. 640PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.

It is true that, in the absence of an assignment of error on appeal from judgment of conviction for violation of a municipal ordinance, the appeal will be affirmed. The appeal is in a quasi criminal case. Camden v. Bloch, 65 Ala. 236; Martin v. City of Birmingham, 19 Ala. App. 70, 94 So. 789; Hellner v. City of Montgomery, 16 Ala. App. 366, 77 So. 978; Dreyfus v. City of Montgomery, 4 Ala. App. 270, 58 So. 730; Perry v. State, 1 Ala. App. 253, 55 So. 1035.

The record has the indorsement, after the certificate of appeal by the clerk, that:

“The court erred in finding the appellant guilty and…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Georgia Cotton Co. v. LeeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
  2. Woco Pep Co. of Montgomery v. City of MontgomerySupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
  3. Town of Camden v. BlochSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
  4. Dreyfus v. City of MontgomeryAlabama Court of Appeals · 1912
  5. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Alabama CitySupreme Court of Alabama · 1901

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Burks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1991
  2. Town of Guntersville v. WrightSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
  3. City of Enterprise v. FlemingSupreme Court of Alabama · 1940
  4. City of Dothan v. Alabama Power Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1934
  5. Waller v. City of BirminghamAlabama Court of Appeals · 1953

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