Dunn v. Dean
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Conecuh Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. E. Gamble. Mandamus by Henry W. Dunn against F. J. Dean as Judge of Probate, to compel respondent to receive relator’s declaration, and place his name upon the ballot of his party to be voted for for the office of County Commissioner under the general law. From a judgment denying the writ relator appeals.
1Opinion
ON REHEARING.
MCCLELLAN, j.
(9, 10) For the first time, in the application for rehearing, the appellant presents and presses the question whether in the passage of the local act under consideration the positive requirements of section 62 of the Constitution were observed. In determining questions of this character the only source of information are the journals of the houses of the Legislature.—Robertson v. State, 130 Ala. 164, 169, 30 South. 494. Section 62 provides: “No bill shall become a law until it shall have been referred to a standing committee of each house, acted upon by such…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Walker v. City Council of MontgomerySupreme Court of Alabama · 1903
- Robertson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
- Tyler v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909