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Webb, J. H. |
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1.13.46-47 - Letter
Copy of a letter dated 4/5/1926 to the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from J. H. Webb, attorney for the FSTC. Webb is giving his opinion about questions raised by the Corporation concerning rights to bid on street projects on Colony-owned land. In addition, Webb issues his opinion about the wisdom of the FSTC raising rents if the lessee tries to sell the improvements and lease for a price higher than the real value. Webb advises against raisi...
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1.14.11-17 - Letter
Letter dated 2/27/1929 to Anne B. Call from James H. Webb, attorney Mobile, AL responding to her letter of 2/23/1929 (see 1.14.3-5) in which she as Trustee of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation asked him to offer his interpretation and opinion on various Articles of the Constitution of corporation. Mr. Webb restates 16 questions and answers each one. He advises against the publication of his letter.
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1.14.2 - Letter
Letter dated 1/28/1929 to the Members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from E. B. Gaston, Secretary submitting to them a full report of preceedings at a special meeting held on 1/26/1929. Prior to the meeting, on 1/21/1929, a petition was presented to the Council calling for a referendum election to vote on whether the present form of application for lease be discontinued and the form which was used previously should be reinstated. At a ...
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1.14.31 - Letter
Letter dated 3/5/1929 to J. H. Webb, attorney Mobile, from Anne B. Call thanking him for his letter of 2/27/1929 (see 1.14.11-17) in which he answered 16 of her questions. She thinks that he misunderstood question # 16 and attemps to clarify. Call gives Webb examples of what she feels are rumors and malicious gossip which are interfering with the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation's business of leasing land and is depreciating the rental value ...
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1.14.33 - Letter
Letter dated 3/19/1929 to Anne B. Call from James H. Webb, attorney, clarifying the role of the Trustees of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation according to its Constitution.
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1.14.34 - Letter
Letter dated 5/25/1929 to the Members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from Anne B. Call and Delia K. Bancroft, Trustees, with the heading "Rules for Voting at Single Tax Corporation Election." Some members felt that the custom of allowing ballots to be sent in by other members was not constitutional. Attorney, J. H. Webb agreed with the members. Therefore, it was decided that all members who were on the ground on the day of the election b...
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1.14.3-5 - Letter
Letter dated 2/23/1929 to J. H. Webb, attorney Mobile AL, from Anne B. Call who as a Trustee of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation is seeking his opinion and clarification as to the meaning of certain Articles of the Constitution of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. She asks him to answer questions related to membership, the role of the Trustees, the petition and referendum process, annual reports, the ballot process and rent computation.
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1.14.49 - Letter
Undated letter to J. H. Webb, attorney from the Trustees of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation asking him for his interpretation on various areas of their constitution. 1. Should the constitution be an instrument to define the powers that SHALL be exercised by the corporations officers or to define the powers that SHALL NOT be exercised, leaving the officers free to do anything not expressly forbidden? 2.Could the officers of theFairhope Sing...
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1.14.60-61 - Letter
Letter dated 6/13/1930 to Anne B. Call from J. H. Webb, attorney putting into writing as per her request advice given to her concerning the affairs of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation.
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1.14.66-68 - Letter
Unsigned response (likely Anne B. Call's) to communications, purported to be legal opinions, sent to the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation by J. H. Webb, attorney, and read before a meeting of the executve council by E. B. Gaston. Issues include: school site, waterworks, roads, streets, telephone system, park lands, natatorium, expulsion of members, police power and the wharf.
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1.14.69 - Letter
Extracts from a letter from A. E. Schalkenbach commenting on legal opinions of J. H. Webb, attorney, on the constitution of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation pertaining to setting aside of park lands and to the supreme authority of the entire membership.
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1.15.119-120 - Letter
Letter dated 5/28/1931 to William H. Holly, an attorney in Chicago, Illinois, from Anne Bellange Call, a trustee of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. Holly has, at Call's request, written an opinion stating that to transfer parklands from the FSTC to the Town of Fairhope, either a referendum of the membership or an amendemnt to the constitution is required. The FSTC lawyer, J. H. Webb, has issued an opinion to the contrary, and the motion to...
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1.15.67-69 - Deed
Copy of a deed dated 6/1/1931 prepared for the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation by J. H. Webb, attorney, for the conveyance of the park lands and the wharf belonging to the Corporation to the Town of Fairhope. Deed has not been executed.
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1.15.87-88 - Letter
Letter dated 5/14/1931 to William H. Holly, an attorney in Chicago, Illinois, from Anne Bellangee Call requesting his opinion on whether an amendment to the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation constitution is required before the FSTC can transfer parklands to the Town of Fairhope. From the papers of Anne Bellangee Call.
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1.15.89 - Letter
Letter dated 5/22/1931 to Anne Bellangee Call from William H. Holly, an attorney in Chicago, Illinois. Call has asked Holly to write an opinion on whether the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation constitution should be amended before FSTC-owned parklands are transfered to the Town of Fairhope.
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1.15.90-92 - Letter
Letter dated 5/15/1931 to the Board of Trustees of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation (Anne B. Call, Delia K. Bancroft and Alice M. Smith) from J. H. Webb, attorney for the FSTC in response to their query about certain constitutional issues. Among the questions is the matter of whether a constitutional amendment is required to allow the FSTC to transfer parklands to the Town of Fairhope. Webb says an amendment would not be necessary and neither...
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1.15.98-99 - Letter
Letter dated 5/20/1931 to A. E. Schalkenbach from Anne Bellangee Call. Call is a current Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Trustee, and Schalkenbach is a former trustee, and they are corresponding about the constitutionality of the FSTC to transfer parklands to the Town of Fairhope. As a trustee with authority over elections, Call is concerned that an amendment to the constitution is necessary to avoid legal problems. Secretary E. B. Gaston and...
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1.16.12 - Letter
Letter dated 6/11/1931 to J. H. Webb from Anne B. Call saying that in recent correspondence he had mentioned that in May 1927 he had prepared a conveyance of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation wharf to the Town of Fairhope. She asks him to tell her the circumstances under which he made out the document.
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1.16.1-95 - Correspondence
This folder is a continuation of the correspondence of Anne B. Call (folder 2 of 2) which pertains to the conveyence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation park lands to the Town of Fairhope and the dispute between the Secretary and the Trustees (see Report to Members 1.15.19-22 for a summary of both positions) and the actions that followed. Legal interpretations of the FSTC constitution were asked for and given by both sides. The transfer was ap...
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1.18.1-88 - Correspondence
The letters in this folder are a continuation of the lawsuit filed against the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation by A. E. Schalkenbach, E. Yancey Cohen and William R. F. Call. The first series of letters are correspondence from Abe D. Waldauer, attorney, Memphis, TN dated 4/4/1932-5/26/1932 asking the complainants first if they will consider withdrawing their complaint and then if they will consider arbitration. The responses are also included (se...
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