Hammond v. City of Gadsden

Decided July 11, 1986. Janie L. Shores wrote the opinion for the court.

493 So. 2d 1374 · Cited 414 times

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• B & M HOMES, INC. v. Hogan · 376 So. 2d 667
• Alabama Power Company v. Taylor · 306 So. 2d 236
• Seybold v. Magnolia Land Co. · 376 So. 2d 1083
• Airheart v. Green · 104 So. 2d 687
• Holcombe v. Whitaker · 318 So. 2d 289
• Ex Parte Youngblood · 413 So. 2d 1146
• Williams v. Williams · 283 Ala. 292
• Aspinwall v. Gowens · 405 So. 2d 134
• General Motors Corp. v. Edwards · 482 So. 2d 1176
• Berkel & Co. Contractors v. Providence Hosp. · 454 So. 2d 496
• Papastefan v. B & L Const. Co., Inc. of Mobile · 356 So. 2d 158
• International Resorts, Inc. v. Lambert · 350 So. 2d 391
• Ritch v. Waldrop · 428 So. 2d 1
• Baker v. Chastain · 389 So. 2d 932
• Cooper v. Peturis · 384 So. 2d 1087
• Herrington v. Central Soya Co., Inc. · 420 So. 2d 1
• Mason v. County of Mobile · 410 So. 2d 19
• Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Washington · 420 So. 2d 14
• Pepsi-Cola, Etc. v. Colonial Sugars, Etc. · 423 So. 2d 190

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