Alabama Power Co. v. Thompson

Decided October 16, 1947. Thomas S. Lawson wrote the opinion for the court.

32 So. 2d 795 · Cited 56 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Alabama Power Co. v. Henson · 187 So. 718
• Birmingham-Trussville Iron Co. v. Allied Engineers, Inc. · 144 So. 1
• Burnett Bean v. Miller · 88 So. 871
• City of Huntsville v. Gudenrath · 194 Ala. 568
• City of Birmingham v. Brown · 2 So. 2d 305
• Farley v. Alabama Terminal & Improvement Co. · 173 Ala. 398
• McDavid v. United Mercantile Agencies, Inc. · 27 So. 2d 499
• Pickens County v. Jordan · 196 So. 121
• Schillinger v. Leary · 77 So. 846
• Moore v. City of Mobile · 28 So. 2d 203
• Barnett v. Freeman · 197 Ala. 142
• Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. Carroll · 94 So. 820
• Elmore, Quillian & Co. v. Henderson-M. Merc. Co. · 179 Ala. 548
• Corinth Bank & Trust Co. v. Lawler · 117 So. 620
• Housing Authority Phenix City v. Stillwell · 3 So. 2d 55
• London & Scottish Assur. Co. of London v. Smith · 158 So. 892
• Crawford v. City of Decatur · 147 So. 615
• Craft v. Craft · 95 So. 901
• Atlanta & Birmingham A. L. Ry. v. Brown · 158 Ala. 607

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• Borland v. Sanders Lead Co., Inc. · 369 So. 2d 523
• Southern Electric Generating Co. v. Leibacher · 110 So. 2d 308
• Day v. Estate of Wiswall · 381 P.2d 217
• Morgan County v. Hill · 257 Ala. 658
• Jefferson County v. Adwell · 103 So. 2d 143
• Clark v. State · 87 So. 2d 669
• Mothershed v. Mothershed · 150 So. 2d 372
• Baldwin Mut. Ins. Co. v. McCain · 260 So. 3d 801
• Morgan County v. Griffith · 59 So. 2d 804
• Wood, Wire & Metal Lathers International, Local No. 216 v. Brown & Root, Inc. · 258 Ala. 430
• Lipscomb v. Bessemer Board of Education · 61 So. 2d 112
• Ashurst v. Preferred Life Assurance Society of Montgomery · 209 So. 2d 403
• Wilson v. McClendon · 259 Ala. 382
• W. T. Smith Lumber Co. v. McKenzie · 55 So. 2d 919
• Dorroh v. Jefferson County · 87 So. 2d 619
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• Sparkman v. Williams · 260 Ala. 472
• Eddleman v. Cade · 261 Ala. 154
• State v. Jones · 271 Ala. 227
• Reynolds v. Burkhalter · 289 Ala. 528
• Branyon v. Branyon · 267 Ala. 53
• East v. Citrano · 49 Ala. App. 371

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