Legal Opinion

Thompson v. Chilton County

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 19, 1938No. 5 Div. 269PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KNIGHT, Justice.

This cause is before this Court on appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Chilton County, sustaining demurrers to, and dismissing a petition filed by appellant against the appellees under the “Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act,” approved September 7th, 1935, General Acts of 1935, pp. 777-779.

The demurrers of the appellees to the petition, which were sustained by the lower Court, present for our determination three propositions.

First: Has a resident taxpayer such interest in the funds of a county as would authorize him, under the provisions of the Uniform Declaratory…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Reynolds v. CollierSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
  2. Askew v. Hale CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
  3. Zoercher v. AglerIndiana Supreme Court · 1930
  4. Scott v. Alabama State Bridge CorporationSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
  5. Tuscaloosa County v. ShamblinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Langer v. StateNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1939
  2. Zeigler v. BakerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1977
  3. Avery Freight Lines, Inc. v. WhiteSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
  4. Williams v. City of DothanCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
  5. Hunt v. WindomSupreme Court of Alabama · 1992

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