Craig v. Root

Decided March 7, 1946. Thomas S. Lawson wrote the opinion for the court.

25 So. 2d 147 · Cited 70 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.

• Buchannon v. Buchannon · 124 So. 113
• Bishop v. Johnson · 7 So. 2d 281
• Waddail v. Vassar · 196 Ala. 184
• Boozer v. Boozer · 16 So. 2d 863
• Brandford v. Shirley · 193 So. 165
• Keenum v. Dodson · 102 So. 230
• Ussery v. Darrow · 188 So. 885
• First Nat. Bank v. McIntosh · 79 So. 121
• Williams v. Overcast · 155 So. 543
• Woodlawn Realty & Development Co. v. Hawkins · 186 Ala. 234
• Shepherd v. Kendrick · 181 So. 782
• Herren v. Beck · 164 So. 904
• Williams v. Anthony · 121 So. 89
• State Ex Rel. Garrow v. Grayson · 123 So. 573
• Bell v. King · 98 So. 796
• Alford v. Claborne · 157 So. 226
• Miles v. Lee · 180 Ala. 439
• Gibson v. Edwards · 16 So. 2d 865
• Harold Bros. & Scott v. Weaver · 72 Ala. 373
• Snodgrass v. Snodgrass · 185 Ala. 155
• Cox v. McLemore · 183 So. 860
• Haynes v. Haynes · 181 So. 757
• Lewis v. Owen · 165 So. 229
• Davis v. Bates · 194 So. 647
• Franklin v. Scott · 148 So. 833

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• Cunningham v. Andress · 267 Ala. 407
• Stroud v. Stroud · 505 So. 2d 1209
• Claunch v. Entrekin · 128 So. 2d 100
• Horton v. Carter · 45 So. 2d 10
• Harrell v. Henderson · 260 Ala. 211
• Ex Parte Smith · 438 So. 2d 766
• City of Huntsville v. Miller · 127 So. 2d 606
• Mitchell v. Hammond · 39 So. 2d 582
• Ellis v. Stickney · 42 So. 2d 779
• State v. Pollock · 38 So. 2d 870
• Avery Freight Lines, Inc. v. Persons · 32 So. 2d 886
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• Monte v. Montalbano · 145 So. 2d 197
• Murphree v. Henson · 267 So. 2d 414
• Stallworth v. Hicks · 434 So. 2d 229
• Walker v. Hayes · 28 So. 2d 413
• Merchants Nat. Bank of Mobile v. Morris · 42 So. 2d 240
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