Morgan Hill Paving Co. v. Fonville

Decided December 6, 1928. William H. Thomas wrote the opinion for the court.

119 So. 610 · Cited 63 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.

• Birmingham Southern R. Co. v. Harrison · 82 So. 534
• Pace v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad · 166 Ala. 519
• Thomas v. Saulsbury & Co. · 102 So. 115
• Armstrong v. Montgomery Street Railway Co. · 123 Ala. 233
• St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co. v. Guthrie · 114 So. 215
• Crescent Motor Co. v. Stone · 101 So. 49
• Vaughn v. Dwight Mfg. Co. · 91 So. 77
• Hurt v. Southern Ry. Co. · 87 So. 533
• Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. Jones · 195 Ala. 378
• City Ice Delivery Co. v. Lecari · 98 So. 901
• Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. Ives · 144 U.S. 408
• Hopkins v. Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina · 221 U.S. 636
• Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Calhoun · 213 U.S. 1
• Galloway v. Perkins · 198 Ala. 658
• McMillan v. Aiken · 88 So. 135
• Poindexter v. Greenhow · 114 U.S. 270
• Pennoyer v. McConnaughy · 140 U.S. 1
• Louisiana v. Jumel · 107 U.S. 711
• Hagood v. Southern · 117 U.S. 52
• Harkrader v. Wadley · 172 U.S. 148
• Godfrey v. Vinson · 110 So. 13
• Jones v. Bell · 77 So. 998
• Watts v. Montgomery Traction Co. · 175 Ala. 102
• Perkins v. Galloway · 194 Ala. 265
• Louisiana Ex Rel. New York Guaranty & Indemnity Co. v. Steele · 134 U.S. 230

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Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• Morgan Hill Paving Co. v. Fonville · 130 So. 807
• Louisville N. R. Co. v. Maddox · 183 So. 849
• Morgan v. City of Tuscaloosa · 108 So. 2d 342
• City of Birmingham v. Latham · 162 So. 675
• McQueen v. Jones · 145 So. 440
• Johnson v. Battles · 52 So. 2d 702
• Kelly v. Hanwick · 153 So. 269
• Jones v. Keith · 134 So. 630
• Louisville N. R. Co. v. Courson · 174 So. 474
• Clendenon v. Yarbrough · 171 So. 277
• Morgan-Hill Paving Co. v. Thomas · 134 So. 480
• Evans v. Patterson · 112 So. 2d 194
• Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. Willingham · 199 So. 28
• Morgan-Hill Paving Co. v. Fonville · 140 So. 575
• Ingram v. Guin · 146 So. 808
• General Motors Corp. v. Edwards · 482 So. 2d 1176
• Alabama Power Company v. Guy · 206 So. 2d 594
• Hamilton v. Browning · 57 So. 2d 530
• Dewey v. Keller · 388 P.2d 988
• United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Hearn · 170 So. 59
• Capital Motor Lines v. Gillette · 177 So. 881
• Alabama Power Co. v. McIntosh · 122 So. 677
• Berry v. Dannelly · 145 So. 663
• Kemp v. Jackson · 145 So. 2d 187
• Mobile Cab & Baggage Co. v. Busby · 169 So. 2d 314

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