State Supreme Court / Ala.

Horsley v. Horsley

Decided June 28, 1973. James S. Coleman wrote the opinion for the court.

280 So. 2d 155 · Cited 349 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.

Mobile Pure Milk Co. v. Coleman · 161 So. 829
O. L. Cooper v. State · 252 So. 2d 108
Steiner v. Steiner · 48 So. 2d 184
Phillips v. Phillips · 129 So. 3
Davis v. Davis · 51 So. 2d 876
Horsley v. Horsley · 280 So. 2d 150
Humphrey v. Boschung · 253 So. 2d 769
Russell v. Russell · 24 So. 2d 124
Morgan v. Morgan · 84 So. 754
Mutual Sav. Life Ins. Co. v. Osborne · 23 So. 2d 867
Barber Pure Milk Company v. Young · 81 So. 2d 328
Opelika Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. Johnson · 241 So. 2d 331
City of Prichard v. Harold · 186 So. 504
Winn-Dixie Montgomery, Inc. v. Brindley · 289 Ala. 755

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