Sigsbee v. City of Birmingham

Supreme Court of Alabama

Sigsbee v. City of Birmingham

47 So. 1036, 157 Ala. 418, 1908 Ala. LEXIS 233

CourtSupreme Court of Alabama

DecidedDecember 17, 1908

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

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Sigsbee v. City of Birmingham, 47 So. 1036, 157 Ala. 418, 1908 Ala. LEXIS 233 (Ala. 1908).

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Opinion

SIMPSON, J.

— The petition in this case was filed by the appellants for the purpose of contesting an election held to determine whether certain territory should be added to the city of Birmingham. In a proceeding to contest an election the allegation of statutory grounds for such contest is jurisdictional. 15 Cyc. 398, 399. No Statutory grounds are alleged in this petition. Subdivision 8, § 1071, Code 1907; section 455, Id.

The petition was properly dismissed, and the decree of the court is affirmed.

Affirmed.

Tyson, C. J., and Anderson and Benson, JJ., concur.

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