State Supreme Court / Ala.

Hartigan v. Hartigan

Decided March 30, 1961. Pelham J. Merrill wrote the opinion for the court.

128 So. 2d 725 · Cited 64 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.

Jennings v. Jennings · 36 So. 2d 236
Griffin v. Proctor · 14 So. 2d 116
Gee v. Gee · 39 So. 2d 406
Fairclough v. St. Amand · 114 So. 472
Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co. · 322 U.S. 238
Andrews v. Andrews · 188 U.S. 14
Bell v. Bell · 181 U.S. 175
Levine v. Levine · 80 So. 2d 235
Ex Parte Weissinger · 22 So. 2d 510
Sweeney v. Tritsch · 151 Ala. 242
Thompson v. Cook · 20 Cal. 2d 564
Halloran v. BLUE AND WHITE LIBERTY CAB CO. INC. · 253 Minn. 436
Hooke v. Hooke · 25 So. 2d 33
Davis v. Davis · 51 So. 2d 876
Murrah v. Bailes · 50 So. 2d 735
Phillips v. Reaves · 165 So. 80
Wilkes v. Wilkes · 16 So. 2d 15
Tarlton v. Tarlton · 77 So. 2d 347
Pickens v. Clark · 84 So. 738
Ratcliff v. Ratcliff · 96 So. 422
Welch v. Morris · 291 P. 1048
Taylor v. Jones · 79 So. 356
Cleveland v. Cleveland · 83 So. 2d 281
Montgomery v. Montgomery · 74 So. 2d 254
Goetz v. Gunsch · 80 N.W.2d 548

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Ex Parte Jenkins · 723 So. 2d 649
Watts v. Town of Green Valley · 213 So. 2d 398
State ex rel. C.T.G. v. M.A.B. · 723 So. 2d 649
Multer v. Multer · 195 So. 2d 105
Meeks v. Town of Hoover · 240 So. 2d 125
Harrison v. Harrison · 404 So. 2d 330
Aiello v. Aiello · 133 So. 2d 18
Crisco v. Crisco · 313 So. 2d 529
Leatherbury v. Leatherbury · 196 A.2d 883
Donnell v. Howell · 125 S.E.2d 448
Gherardi De Parata v. Gherardi De Parata · 179 A.2d 723
Weisner v. Weisner · 282 Ala. 626
Bailey v. Bailey · 50 Ala. App. 248
Ex Parte Bayliss · 550 So. 2d 986
Flowers v. Flowers · 334 So. 2d 856
Whitt v. Whitt · 166 So. 2d 413
Waddell v. Waddell · 904 So. 2d 1275
Waltman v. Waltman · 528 So. 2d 867
Doby v. Carroll · 147 So. 2d 803
McBrayer v. Hokes Bluff Auto Parts · 685 So. 2d 763
Day v. Day · 205 A.2d 798

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