Fountain v. Phillips

Decided September 18, 1981. Clement Clay Torbert Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

404 So. 2d 614 · Cited 94 times

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• Folmar v. Montgomery Fair Company, Inc. · 309 So. 2d 818
• Donald v. City National Bank of Dothan · 329 So. 2d 92
• Loveless v. Graddick · 325 So. 2d 137
• Browning v. Birmingham News · 348 So. 2d 455
• Fleming v. Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Casualty Insurance · 310 So. 2d 200
• Whitehead v. Davison Oil Co., Inc. · 352 So. 2d 1339
• Butler v. Michigan Mut. Ins. Co. · 402 So. 2d 949
• Campbell v. Alabama Power Co. · 378 So. 2d 718
• Studdard v. South Central Bell Tel. Co. · 356 So. 2d 139
• Morris v. Morris · 366 So. 2d 676
• Watkins v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. · 376 So. 2d 660

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