Toone v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Limestone Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. D. W. Speaks. Lewis Toone was convicted, and appealed to the Court of Appeals, which certified questions to the Supreme Court.
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Appeal from Limestone Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. D. W. Speaks. Lewis Toone was convicted, and appealed to the Court of Appeals, which certified questions to the Supreme Court. Certificate to the Supreme Court of Alabama: “Under the provisions of the statute (act approved April 18, 1911; Acts 1911, p. 449, § 1), the following questions are hereby submitted to the Supreme Court for determination: “(1) Are sections 7, 11, and 15 of the act entitled ‘An act to provide for the maintenance, construction and improvement of the public roads of Limestone county, Alabama, and to provide a special…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
Section 1 of the act says: “All horses, mules, oxen, Avagons, scrapers, plows, and all others implements and machinery, suitable for use and work on the public roads belonging to any individual Or corporation in the county, or Avhich belonging to any nonresident of the county, but are in the county at the time notice is given to parties warning them to work the road are subject to road duty in Limestone county, to be used in the precinct where the OAvner resides or Avhere such are kept for use. But if the owner is a nonresident of the county to be used in the precinct where they are…
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