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Jacobs v. City of Prichard

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Feb 2, 1971
243 So. 2d 769 (Ala. Crim. App. 1971)

Opinion

1 Div. 128.

February 2, 1971.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Mobile County, Robert T. Ervin, Jr., J.

A. J. Cooper, Jr., Mobile, for appellant.

J. Cecil Gardner, Mobile, for appellee.


Breach of city ordinance: fine $1.00 and costs.

Though by certain statutes judicial notice must be taken of the ordinances or by-laws of a few cities, we are not aware of any such enactment relating to the City of Prichard.

In such circumstance it was incumbent on the City not only to plead, but also to prove the ordinance under which it sought to convict Jacobs. Felder v. City of Huntsville, 42 Ala. App. 488, 168 So.2d 490.

The judgment below being erroneous, the cause is therefore remanded for a new trial.

Reversed and remanded.


Summaries of

Jacobs v. City of Prichard

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Feb 2, 1971
243 So. 2d 769 (Ala. Crim. App. 1971)
Case details for

Jacobs v. City of Prichard

Case Details

Full title:David JACOBS v. CITY OF PRICHARD

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Date published: Feb 2, 1971

Citations

243 So. 2d 769 (Ala. Crim. App. 1971)
46 Ala. App. 497

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