State Supreme Court / Ala.

Griffin v. Proctor

Decided April 8, 1943. Thomas S. Lawson wrote the opinion for the court.

14 So. 2d 116 · Cited 56 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.

Sweeney v. Tritsch · 151 Ala. 242
Campbell v. Beyers · 189 Ala. 307
Buchanan v. Thomason · 70 Ala. 401
Hobson-Starnes Coal Co. v. Alabama Coal & Coke Co. · 189 Ala. 481
Chapman v. Chapman · 194 Ala. 518
Wynn v. Tallapoosa County Bank · 168 Ala. 469
Singo v. McGhee · 160 Ala. 245
Ex Parte City Bank & Trust Co. · 76 So. 372
Crossland v. First Nat. Bank of Montgomery · 172 So. 255
Catts v. Phillips · 117 So. 34
State Ex Rel. St. Peter's M. Baptist Church v. Smith · 111 So. 28
Ex Parte Liddon · 145 So. 144
Barley v. Wright · 171 So. 247
McDonald v. Womack · 107 So. 812
Wynn v. Hoffman · 82 So. 32
Adams v. Bibby · 194 Ala. 652
Leedy v. Taylor · 164 So. 820
Pettus v. McClannahan · 52 Ala. 55
Waddell v. Lanier · 62 Ala. 347
Walling v. Thomas · 133 Ala. 426
Bruce's v. Strickland's Adm'r · 47 Ala. 192
Petty v. Britt's Legatees · 46 Ala. 491

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