Legal Opinion

Stone v. State Ex Rel. Holcombe

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 11, 1937No. 1 Div. 955Published

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, Justice.

This cause has been in the Alabama Court of Appeals and reviewed by this court on certiorari. 26 Ala.App. 226, 157 So. 452-454.

On that appeal the question chiefly considered as to the merits of the controversy was whether the sheriff had a right under section 4768, Code; to a fee of $2 for each case whose trial he attended in a day, or whether he was entitled to $2 per day, regardless of the number of cases. The judgment on those appeals established his right to a fee of $2 in each case. On remandment of the cause an amended petition was filed and heard.

It appears that one…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Sessions v. BoykinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
  2. Board of Revenue v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1917
  3. Escambia County v. Dixie Chemical Products Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1934
  4. State Ex Rel. Holcombe v. StoneAlabama Court of Appeals · 1934
  5. State Ex Rel. Holcombe v. StoneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936

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