Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Allen's Adm'r
Decided December 15, 1885. Henderson M. Somerville wrote the opinion for the court.
78 Ala. 494 · Cited 57 times
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- Smoot v. Mobile & Montgomery Railway Co. · 67 Ala. 13
- Carroll v. . Staten Island R.R. Co. · 58 N.Y. 126
- Lake Shore & Michigan Southern R. W. Co. v. McCormick · 74 Ind. 440
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- Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Hall · 193 Ala. 648
- Reynolds v. Woodward Iron Co. · 199 Ala. 231
- Alabama Great Southern Railroad v. Carroll · 97 Ala. 126
- William Laurie Co. v. McCullough · 174 Ind. 477
- Alabama Power Co. v. Bryant · 146 So. 602
- Northern Alabama Railway Co. v. Mansell · 138 Ala. 548
- Coosa Portland Cement Co. v. Crankfield · 80 So. 451
- Clark v. Floyd · 514 So. 2d 1309
- A. G. S. R. R. v. Vail · 142 Ala. 134
- Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Fitzgerald · 161 Ala. 397
- Caldwell-Watson F. & M. Co. v. Watson · 183 Ala. 326
- Central of Georgia R. Co. v. Robertson · 83 So. 102
- Connors-Weyman Steel Co. v. Kilgore · 80 So. 454
- Alabama Great Southern Ry. v. Brock · 161 Ala. 351
- National Biscuit Co. v. Wilson · 169 Ind. 442
- Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. Harrison · 76 So. 47
- Coosa Portland Cement Co. v. Crankfield · 202 Ala. 369
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