Birmingham Post Co. v. Sturgeon

Decided June 1, 1933. Lucien D. Gardner wrote the opinion for the court.

149 So. 74 · Cited 55 times

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Precedents cited

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.

• Ex Parte W. T. Smith Lumber Co. · 90 So. 807
• J. E. Ross & Co. v. Collins · 140 So. 764
• Sturm v. Boker · 150 U.S. 312
• Alabama Power Co. v. Bodine · 105 So. 869
• Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. Crim · 121 So. 408
• Hillen v. Industrial Accident Commission · 250 P. 570
• Gulf Refining Co. v. William Wilkinson · 114 So. 503
• United States Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Co. v. Fuller · 102 So. 25
• Martin v. Republic Steel Co. · 146 So. 276
• General Exchange Ins. Corporation v. Findlay · 121 So. 710
• Warrior-Pratt C. Co. v. Shereda · 183 Ala. 118
• Republic Iron & Steel Co. v. McLaughlin · 75 So. 962
• Freeman v. Southern Life Health Ins. Co. · 98 So. 461
• Tennessee Coal, Iron & R. R. v. Davis · 194 Ala. 149
• Hill v. Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co. · 104 So. 251
• Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. Jones · 110 So. 30
• State Compensation Insurance Fund v. Industrial Accident Commission · 14 P.2d 306
• Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Williams · 199 Ala. 453
• Associated Indemnity Corp. v. Industrial Accident Commission · 2 P.2d 51

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• Killingsworth v. Killingsworth · 226 So. 2d 308
• Hann v. Times-Dispatch Publishing Co. · 166 Va. 102
• Pate v. United States Steel Corp. · 393 So. 2d 992
• Tuscaloosa Veneer Co. v. Martin · 172 So. 608
• Journal Publishing Co. v. State Unemployment Compensation Commission · 155 P.2d 570
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• Ware v. Timmons · 954 So. 2d 545
• Alabama Power Co. v. Pierre · 183 So. 665
• Weeks v. C.L. Dickert Lumber Company · 121 So. 2d 894
• United States Steel Corp. v. Mathews · 73 So. 2d 239
• Hodges & Company v. Albrecht · 259 So. 2d 829
• Ross v. Post Publishing Co. · 29 A.2d 768
• Jeffrey Manufacturing Company v. Hannah · 105 So. 2d 672
• Daves v. Rain · 178 So. 63

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