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State Ex Rel. Brunson v. EagertonState Ex Rel. Brunson v. Eagerton

Supreme Court of Alabama
Dec 18, 1924
4 Div. 173.
Reporters:
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Before:
Thomas
THOMAS, J.

The suit is quo warranto to test the validity of the act of 1923. Local Acts 1923, p. 242.

The ‍‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‍provisions of section 4% of the act are proper, cognate, and incidental to the general purpose of the act as expressed in its title, are referable to the title, and the act is not offensive to provisions of section 45 ‍‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‍of the Constitution. The county is divided into two divisions of the circuit court held by law at Elba and Enterprise, respectively. It was a necessary provision to facilitate the drawing of juñes, as provided by law, by the ‍‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‍judge holding that court in the respective divisions. Leonard v. Lyons, 204 Ala. 615, 87 So. 99.

Section 4% of the act, added by way of amendment, does not offend section 106 of the Constitution. The substance of the proposed law ‍‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‍was given by publication, as required by that section of the Constitution. Law v. State, 142 Ala. 62, 38 So. 798; State ex rel. Covington v. Thompson, 142 Ala. 98, 107, 38 So. 679; Ham v. State ex rel. Buck, 156 Ala. 645, 47 ‍‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‍So. 126; Leonard v. Lyons, 204 Ala. 615, 87 So. 99.

The judgment is affirmed.

Affirmed.

ANDERSON, C. J., and SOMERVILLE and BOULDIN, JJ., concur.

Case Details

Case Name: State Ex Rel. Brunson v. Eagerton
Court Name: Supreme Court of Alabama
Date Published: Dec 18, 1924
Citations: 102 So. 534; 212 Ala. 384; 1924 Ala. LEXIS 225; 4 Div. 173.
Docket Number: 4 Div. 173.
Court Abbreviation: Ala.
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