McMillan v. Aiken

Decided November 18, 1920. William H. Thomas wrote the opinion for the court.

88 So. 135 · Cited 366 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.

• McMillan v. Aikin · 189 Ala. 330
• Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Crosby · 194 Ala. 338
• Jones v. Bell · 77 So. 998
• Carver v. Jackson · 29 U.S. 1
• Tobler v. Pioneer Mining & Mfg. Co. · 166 Ala. 482
• Crane v. Lessee of Morris · 31 U.S. 598
• Amerson v. Corona Coal & Iron Co. · 194 Ala. 175
• Fulkerson v. Holmes · 117 U.S. 389
• Birmingham Southern R. Co. v. Harrison · 82 So. 534
• Smith v. Bachus · 195 Ala. 8
• Morrison v. Clark · 196 Ala. 670
• Tyler v. Magwire · 84 U.S. 253
• Hooper v. Bankhead & Bankhead · 171 Ala. 626
• Kidd v. Browne · 76 So. 65
• Strother v. Lucas · 31 U.S. 763
• Birmingham & A. Ry. Co. v. Campbell · 82 So. 546
• Shepard v. Mount Vernon Lumber Co. · 192 Ala. 322
• Crandall-Pettee Co. v. Jebeles & Colias Conf. Co. · 195 Ala. 152
• Jordan v. McClure Lumber Co. · 170 Ala. 289
• Nolen v. Henry · 190 Ala. 540
• Duncan v. Watson · 198 Ala. 180
• Western Railway v. Mays · 197 Ala. 367
• Illinois Conference of Evangelical Ass'n of N. A. v. Plagge · 177 Ill. 431
• Reichert v. Jerome H. Sheip, Inc. · 85 So. 267
• Louisville N. R. Co. v. Hayward · 75 So. 22

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• Aiken v. McMillan · 106 So. 150
• Watts v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. · 100 So. 812
• Alabama Produce Co. v. Smith · 141 So. 674
• Union Indemnity Co. v. Webster · 118 So. 794
• Fidelity-Phenix Fire Ins. Co. of New York v. Murphy · 166 So. 604
• Moorer v. Malone · 26 So. 2d 558
• Lyons v. Taylor · 166 So. 15
• Stephens v. Walker · 117 So. 22
• Alabama Great Southern R. Co. v. Grauer · 102 So. 125
• Bankers' Mortg. Bond Co. v. Rosenthal · 145 So. 456
• Mutual Savings Life Ins. Co. v. Osborne · 15 So. 2d 713
• Williams v. Oates · 102 So. 712
• National Life Ins. Co. of United States of America v. Reedy · 115 So. 8
• Sisson v. Swift · 9 So. 2d 891
• Slaughter v. Murphy · 194 So. 649
• Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. Littrell · 18 So. 2d 709
• Pollard v. Treadwell · 176 So. 452
• Wright-Nave Contracting Co. v. Alabama Fuel & Iron Co. · 99 So. 728
• Haynes v. Phillips · 99 So. 356
• Green v. City of Birmingham · 4 So. 2d 394
• Moebes v. Garth · 97 So. 703
• Watkins v. Potts · 122 So. 416
• J. R. Watkins Co. v. Pace · 101 So. 758
• M. Frank Sons Co. v. Davis · 108 So. 575
• Alabama Great Southern R. Co. v. Longshore · 96 So. 64

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