State Supreme Court / Ala.

City of Tuscaloosa v. Fair

Decided February 13, 1936. Arthur B. Foster wrote the opinion for the court.

167 So. 276 · Cited 69 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.

City of Birmingham v. Carle · 191 Ala. 539
Washington Gas Light Co. v. Lansden · 172 U.S. 534
Butler v. City of McMinnville · 268 P. 760
City of Decatur v. Gilliam · 133 So. 25
McKinnon v. Polk · 121 So. 539
City of Montgomery v. Ferguson · 93 So. 4
City of Birmingham v. Norwood · 126 So. 619
Southern Railway Co. v. Lee · 167 Ala. 268
Mobile O. R. Co. v. Williams · 129 So. 60
Hawkins v. Barber · 163 So. 608
Spencer v. Blanke Mfg. & Supply Co. · 124 So. 904
Houston v. Town of Waverly · 142 So. 80
North Alabama Traction Co. v. Hays · 184 Ala. 592
City of Birmingham v. Scott · 117 So. 65
Birmingham News Co. v. Little · 148 So. 398
Kelly v. Tatum · 133 So. 703
Inland Waterways Corp. v. Sloss Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. · 136 So. 849
Massey v. Oates · 143 Ala. 248
Comer v. Jackson · 50 Ala. 384
Higginbotham & Co. v. Clayton · 80 Ala. 194

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Watt v. Combs · 12 So. 2d 189
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Jacks v. City of Birmingham · 105 So. 2d 121
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