CITY OF MONTGOMERY v. COLLINS

SC 2481.

355 So.2d 1111 (1978)

CITY OF MONTGOMERY et al. v. James COLLINS et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

January 27, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter J. Knabe and Randall C. Morgan, Montgomery, for appellants.

Thomas T. Gallion, III, Charles P. Miller, Montgomery, for appellees.


BEATTY, Justice.

The City of Montgomery appeals from an order enjoining it from expending municipal funds for the legal defenses of three Montgomery police officers. We reverse and remand.

The complaint was brought as a class action by James and Margaret Collins, city taxpayers, and arose out of the indictment of the officers on the charge that they had committed the offense of perjury in testimony each gave before the grand jury of Montgomery County during...

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