Alabama Power Company v. Smith

Decided March 22, 1962. James S. Coleman wrote the opinion for the court.

142 So. 2d 228 · Cited 58 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.

• Southern Ry. Co. v. Smith · 128 So. 228
• Sullivan v. Alabama Power Co. · 20 So. 2d 224
• Eagle Iron Co. v. Baugh · 147 Ala. 613
• Alabama Power Co. v. Irwin · 72 So. 2d 300
• Standard Oil Co. v. Anderson · 212 U.S. 215
• Liberty National Life Insurance Company v. Weldon · 100 So. 2d 696
• Louis Pizitz Dry Goods Company v. Harris · 118 So. 2d 727
• United States Steel Corp. v. Mathews · 73 So. 2d 239
• Airheart v. Green · 104 So. 2d 687
• Birmingham Southern R. Co. v. Harrison · 82 So. 534
• Pollard v. Rogers · 173 So. 881
• B'ham Ry. L. & P. Co. v. Cockrum · 179 Ala. 372
• Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Co. v. Friedman · 187 Ala. 562
• Alabama Power Co. v. Berry · 48 So. 2d 231
• Housing Authority of Birmingham Dist. v. Morris · 14 So. 2d 527
• Phillips v. Ashworth · 124 So. 519
• Alabama Power Co. v. McIntosh · 122 So. 677
• Conway v. Robinson · 113 So. 531
• Southern Railway Co. v. Jarvis · 97 So. 2d 549
• First National Bank of Mobile v. Ambrose · 119 So. 2d 18
• Alabama Power Co. v. Cooper · 156 So. 854
• Pike v. Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. · 303 N.Y. 1
• Kingsport Utilities, Inc. v. Brown · 201 Tenn. 393
• Jeffrey Manufacturing Company v. Hannah · 105 So. 2d 672
• Louisville N. R. Co. v. Strickland · 122 So. 693

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• Ware v. Timmons · 954 So. 2d 545
• Lawson v. General Telephone Company of Alabama · 267 So. 2d 132
• Allien v. Louisiana Power & Light Company · 202 So. 2d 704
• Alabama Power Co. v. Brooks · 479 So. 2d 1169
• Gilmer v. Salter · 235 So. 2d 813
• Alabama Electronic Co-Operative, Inc. v. Partridge · 215 So. 2d 580
• Alabama Power Company v. Mosley · 318 So. 2d 260
• Campbell v. Alabama Power Co. · 378 So. 2d 718
• McClary v. State · 282 So. 2d 384
• Hartford Accident Indemnity Company v. Cosby · 173 So. 2d 585
• Alabama Power Company v. Scholz · 215 So. 2d 447
• Mississippi Power & Light Co. v. Walters · 158 So. 2d 2
• Ex Parte Gauntt · 677 So. 2d 204
• Alabama Power Co. v. Alexander · 370 So. 2d 252
• Hodges & Company v. Albrecht · 259 So. 2d 829
• Swindall v. Speigner · 214 So. 2d 436
• Alabama Power Co. v. Cantrell · 507 So. 2d 1295
• Shepherd v. Gardner Wholesale, Inc. · 256 So. 2d 877
• Foster v. Alabama Power Co. · 395 So. 2d 27
• BENEFICIAL MANAGEMENT CORP., ETC. v. Evans · 421 So. 2d 92
• US Fidelity & Guar. Co. v. Russo Corp. · 628 So. 2d 486
• Avco Corporation v. Richardson · 234 So. 2d 556
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Vails · 177 So. 2d 821
• McClendon v. State · 180 So. 2d 273
• Defoor v. Evesque · 694 So. 2d 1302

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