Bass v. SOUTHTRUST BANK OF BALDWIN CTY.

Decided January 13, 1989. Alva Hugh Maddox wrote the opinion for the court.

538 So. 2d 794 · Cited 1,124 times

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• First City Nat. Bank v. Long-Lewis Hardware · 363 So. 2d 770
• Bengston v. Southtrust Bank of Baldwin County · 500 So. 2d 1111
• First Nat. Bank of Mobile v. Horner · 494 So. 2d 419
• Industrial Sav. Bank v. Greenwald · 158 So. 734
• Wilson v. Brown · 496 So. 2d 756
• Torres v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. · 438 So. 2d 757
• Morris v. Morris · 366 So. 2d 676
• Hale v. Ford Motor Credit Co. · 374 So. 2d 849
• Hutchins v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. · 436 So. 2d 819
• Auto-Plaza, Inc. v. Central Bank of Alabama · 394 So. 2d 6
• Bank of Huntsville v. Witcher · 336 So. 2d 1384
• AMERICAN PIONEER LIFE INS. v. Sherrard · 477 So. 2d 287
• Pranzo v. Itec, Inc. · 521 So. 2d 983
• McAllister v. Langford Investigators, Inc. · 380 So. 2d 299
• Kimbrell v. City of Bessemer · 380 So. 2d 838
• Williams v. Bank of Oxford · 523 So. 2d 367
• Rich Crest Homes v. VAUGHN PLACE · 485 So. 2d 1123
• Sartino v. First Alabama Bank of Birmingham · 435 So. 2d 39
• Williams v. Ford Motor Credit Co. · 435 So. 2d 66
• Halbrooks v. Jackson · 495 So. 2d 591
• McIntyre Elec. Service v. Southtrust Bank of Mobile · 495 So. 2d 1043
• Newman v. First Nat. Bank of Mobile · 497 So. 2d 106
• Ex Parte Luverne Geriatric Center, Inc. · 480 So. 2d 562
• Kilpatrick v. Citibanc of Alabama/Andalusia · 494 So. 2d 39

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