Johnson v. Craft
Citation | 205 Ala. 386,87 So. 375 |
Decision Date | 03 February 1921 |
Docket Number | 3 Div. 501 |
Parties | JOHNSON v. CRAFT et al. |
Court | Supreme Court of Alabama |
Rehearing Denied Feb. 24, 1921
Appeal from Circuit Court, Montgomery County; Walter B. Jones Judge.
Bill by A.M. Johnson, Jr., against John Craft and others constituting the Alabama State Highway Commission, to enjoin the issuance of the good roads bonds. From a decree sustaining demurrers to the bill, complainant appeals. Reversed and remanded.
In proposing amendments to the Constitution under sections 284-287, the Legislature may act either by act or resolution.
Statement of the Case.
This bill, filed by a citizen of Montgomery county, a taxpayer and automobile owner, seeks injunctive relief to restrain the State Highway Commission and its members and agents from observing and giving effect to what is commonly called and known as the road bond amendment to the Constitution of Alabama--the act purporting to submit a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Alabama, being published in General Acts of 1919, pages 787-791, inclusive. The act, in its entirety reads:
To continue reading
Request your trial-
State v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
...power, the Public Service Commission did not have it, though clothed with large discretion and administrative functions. Johnson v. Craft, 205 Ala. 386, 87 So. 375; v. Moody (Ala. Sup.) 93 So. 422. The contract right for the easement was required, if possible, to be secured by law; this hav......
-
Banks v. State
...... prohibitions, must yield. Dorman v. State, 34 Ala. 216; Sadler v. Langham, 34 Ala. 311; Johnson v. Craft et al., 205 Ala. 386, 87 So. 375; Boyd v. United States, 116 U.S. 616, 6 S.Ct. 524, 29 L.Ed. 746;. Bailey v. Alabama, 219 U.S. 219, ......
-
State v. Grayson
...virtue of a departure, in the secretary of state's office, from the express provisions in section 3 of the act of 1923. In Johnson v. Craft, 205 Ala. 386, 87 So. 375, is declaration that a favorable vote by the electorate on a proposal to amend the Constitution may not cure or render innoxi......
-
Alabama Public Service Commission v. Mobile Gas Co.
...367, 51 L.Ed. 523, 532; Louisville Bridge Co. v. United States, 242 U.S. 409, 424, 37 S.Ct. 158, 61 L.Ed. 395, 403. See Johnson v. Craft, 205 Ala. 407, 87 So. 375, authorities; Railroad Commission v. Alabama Northern Ry. Co., 182 Ala. 357, 62 So. 749; Railroad Commission v. A.G.S.R.R. Co., ......