State Supreme Court / Ala.

Coleman v. Town of Eutaw

Decided November 12, 1908. Thomas N. McClellan wrote the opinion for the court.

157 Ala. 327 · Cited 58 times

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Ex parte State · 52 Ala. 231
Town of Woodlawn v. Cain · 135 Ala. 369

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