State Court of Appeals / Ala. Civ. App.

Grimsley v. First Ave. Coal & Lumber Co.

Decided May 26, 1927. William H. Thomas wrote the opinion for the court.

115 So. 90 · Cited 102 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.

Jackson v. Farley · 103 So. 882
Le Grand v. Hubbard · 112 So. 826
State v. Acacia Mut. Life Ass'n · 108 So. 756
Hogan v. Scott · 186 Ala. 310
First Avenue Coal & Lumber Co. v. King · 193 Ala. 438
Leftwich Lumber Co. v. Florence Mutual Building, Loan & Savings Ass'n · 104 Ala. 584
Conoly v. Harrell · 182 Ala. 243
Lavergne v. Evans Bros., Construction Co. · 166 Ala. 289
Merchants' Bank v. Sherman · 110 So. 805
Clements v. Clements · 76 So. 855
Finney v. Dryden · 108 So. 13
State v. Acacia Mut. Life Ass'n · 108 So. 759
Minter v. Br. Bank · 23 Ala. 762
Fleming v. Bumgarner · 29 Ind. 424
Story v. Robinson · 99 So. 917

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Sturdavant v. First Ave. Coal & Lumber Co. · 122 So. 178
Starek v. TKW, INC. · 410 So. 2d 35
Lucas Construction, Inc. v. Hugel · 551 So. 2d 338
Bailey Mortg. Co. v. Gobble-Fite Lumber Co. · 565 So. 2d 138
American Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. Werfel · 162 So. 103
State Ex Rel. Garrow v. Grayson · 123 So. 573
Fowler v. MacKentepe · 172 So. 266
Richardson Lumber Co. v. Howell · 122 So. 343
Fellows v. Burkett · 122 So. 808
Becker Roofing Co. v. Wysinger · 124 So. 858
Crawford v. Horton · 175 So. 310
Ex Parte Douthit · 480 So. 2d 547
Ex Parte Ashton · 165 So. 773
Lewis v. Owen · 165 So. 229
Wade v. GLENCOE LUMBER COMPANY · 103 So. 2d 730
Greene v. Thompson · 554 So. 2d 376
Fidelity-Phenix Fire Ins. Co. of New York v. Murphy · 166 So. 604
Phillips v. Sipsey Coal Mining Co. · 118 So. 513
Leddon v. Strickland · 118 So. 651
Lily Flagg Building Supply Co. v. J. M. Medlin & Co. · 232 So. 2d 643
Drummond v. Drummond · 168 So. 428
Majors v. Killian · 162 So. 289
Lavretta v. First Nat. Bank of Mobile · 178 So. 3
Hamilton v. Edmundson · 177 So. 743
State v. Southern Natural Gas Corporation · 170 So. 178

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