City of Birmingham v. Wills

Decided February 17, 1912. Rober Tennent Simpson wrote the opinion for the court.

178 Ala. 198 · Cited 62 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.

• Woolf v. McGaugh · 175 Ala. 299
• Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. Edgerton · 125 Ind. 455
• Garvin v. Daussman · 114 Ind. 429
• Montgomery v. Wasem · 116 Ind. 343
• City of Decatur v. Brock · 170 Ala. 149
• Zalesky v. City of Cedar Rapids · 118 Iowa 714
• City of Woodlawn v. Durham · 162 Ala. 565
• Harton v. Town of Avondale · 147 Ala. 458
• City of Birmingham v. Coffman · 173 Ala. 213
• Hancock v. Diamond Plate Glass Co. · 162 Ind. 146
• Martin v. State · 62 Ala. 240

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• Jones v. City of Huntsville · 47 Ala. App. 595
• Jones v. City of Huntsville · 259 So. 2d 288
• City of Jasper v. Sanders · 145 So. 827
• City of Mobile v. Smith · 136 So. 851
• First Nat. Bank of Dothan v. Fountain Motor Co. · 148 So. 817
• Berry v. City of Huntsville · 47 Ala. App. 587
• Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. Co. v. Town of Boaz · 147 So. 195
• City of Bessemer v. Ratliff · 199 So. 838
• Armstrong v. City of Montgomery · 38 So. 2d 862
• Byars v. Town of Boaz · 155 So. 383
• Walton v. City of Mobile · 167 So. 247
• Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. v. Town of Boaz · 106 So. 192
• City of Boaz v. Kelley · 266 Ala. 690
• Streater v. Town of Town Creek · 173 So. 853
• City of Huntsville v. Gudenrath · 194 Ala. 568
• Vernon v. State · 200 So. 560
• Hamrick v. Town of Albertville · 122 So. 448
• Barnes v. State Ex Rel. Ferguson · 151 So. 2d 619
• Hood v. City of Bessemer · 104 So. 325
• Stovall v. City of Jasper · 118 So. 467
• Pierce v. City of Huntsville · 185 Ala. 490
• Decatur Land Co. v. City of New Decatur · 198 Ala. 293
• Martin v. Drummond Co., Inc. · 663 So. 2d 937
• Henderson v. City of Enterprise · 80 So. 115
• City of Birmingham v. Terrell · 158 So. 748

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