Atlanta & Birmingham A. L. Ry. v. Brown

Decided December 17, 1908. Rober Tennent Simpson wrote the opinion for the court.

158 Ala. 607 · Cited 53 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.

• New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. Estill · 147 U.S. 591
• Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Co. v. Swinney · 97 Ind. 586
• Dushane v. Benedict · 120 U.S. 630
• Walrath v. Redfield. · 18 N.Y. 457
• Williams v. Crum · 27 Ala. 468
• Sharpe & Son v. Barney · 114 Ala. 361
• Waples v. United States · 110 U.S. 630
• Chandler v. Bush · 84 Ala. 102
• Glidden v. Street · 68 Ala. 600
• Fail's Administrator v. Presley's Administrator · 50 Ala. 342

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• Mobile O. R. Co. v. Williams · 121 So. 722
• Foust v. Kinney · 80 So. 474
• Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay Railway Co. v. Fowler · 192 Ala. 373
• Progressive Specialty Insurance v. Jefcoat · 828 So. 2d 889
• Fleming v. Baptist General Convention · 742 P.2d 1087
• Alabama Power Co. v. Thompson · 32 So. 2d 795
• Rochelle v. Rochelle · 179 So. 825
• Burnett Bean v. Miller · 88 So. 871
• Grand Bay Land Co. v. Simpson · 92 So. 789
• Lapeyrouse Grain Corp. v. Tallant · 439 So. 2d 105
• Lehigh Portland Cement Co. v. Donaldson · 164 So. 97
• Ben Cheeseman Realty Co. v. Thompson · 112 So. 151
• Hines v. McMillan · 87 So. 691
• Alabama Power Co. v. Allen · 118 So. 662
• Roll v. Dockery · 122 So. 630
• Fuller v. Fair · 80 So. 814
• Jefferson County v. City of Birmingham · 178 So. 226
• Roe v. Brown · 31 So. 2d 599
• Mutual Sav. Life Ins. Co. v. Osborne · 23 So. 2d 867
• Jefferson Lumber Co. v. Berry · 23 So. 2d 7
• Harden v. Wood Lumber Co. · 178 So. 540
• London & Scottish Assur. Co. of London v. Smith · 158 So. 892
• Alabama Great Southern R. Co. v. Russell · 254 Ala. 701
• Dorroh v. Jefferson County · 87 So. 2d 619
• Dawson v. Haygood · 180 So. 705

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