Aspinwall v. Gowens

Decided May 1, 1981. Clement Clay Torbert Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

405 So. 2d 134 · Cited 137 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.

• Trammell v. Robinson · 37 So. 2d 142
• Gulf Life Insurance Co. v. Wilson · 181 S.E.2d 914
• Vest v. Gay · 154 So. 2d 297
• Airheart v. Green · 104 So. 2d 687
• Carlisle v. Miller · 155 So. 2d 689
• Gulf Atlantic Life Ins. Co. v. Barnes · 405 So. 2d 916
• McLaney v. Turner · 104 So. 2d 315
• Yarbrough v. Mallory · 144 So. 447
• Loch Ridge Construction Company, Inc. v. Barra · 280 So. 2d 745
• Koch, Administratrix v. Prudential Ins. Co. · 470 P.2d 756
• Birmingham Electric Co. v. Howard · 34 So. 2d 830
• Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co. v. Tucker · 80 So. 2d 288
• Alabama Great Southern R. Co. v. Baum · 31 So. 2d 366
• INTERNATIONAL UNION, ETC. v. Palmer · 104 So. 2d 691
• Indemnity Ins. Co. of North America v. Holiway · 170 So. 329
• Decker v. State Nat. Bank · 255 Ala. 373
• Hughes v. Cartwright · 130 So. 550
• Old Southern Life Ins. Co. v. Woodall · 348 So. 2d 1377
• Southern Life and Health Ins. Co. v. Whitman · 358 So. 2d 1025
• Bessemer Liquor Co. v. Tillman · 139 Ala. 462
• Mistric v. Republic Nat'l Life Insurance Company · 314 So. 2d 472
• Welch v. Western Casualty & Surety Co. · 567 S.W.2d 743
• Icklone v. Travelers Indem. Co. · 345 So. 2d 202
• Lee v. Insurance Company of North America · 397 F. Supp. 426

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