Baptist Medical Center v. Byars

Decided December 7, 1972. Pelham J. Merrill wrote the opinion for the court.

271 So. 2d 847 · Cited 54 times

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• F. W. Woolworth Company v. Bradbury · 140 So. 2d 824
• City of Birmingham v. Gordon · 167 Ala. 334
• Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co. v. Bishop · 89 So. 2d 738
• Capitol Motor Lines, Inc. v. Billingslea · 21 So. 2d 240
• Duke v. Gaines · 140 So. 600
• Ziraldo v. W. J. Lynch Co. · 6 N.E.2d 125
• MacKintosh Co. v. Wells · 118 So. 276
• Walker County v. Davis · 128 So. 144
• Kingsberry Homes Corporation v. Ralston · 235 So. 2d 371
• Dean v. Mayes · 145 So. 2d 439

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