Nance by and Through Nance v. Matthews

Decided April 9, 1993. Ermest C. Hornsby wrote the opinion for the court.

622 So. 2d 297 · Cited 282 times

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• Barnes v. Dale · 530 So. 2d 770
• Gill v. Sewell · 356 So. 2d 1196
• Milton v. Espey · 356 So. 2d 1201
• Grant v. Davis · 537 So. 2d 7
• Bell v. Chisom · 421 So. 2d 1239
• Hickman v. Dothan City Bd. of Educ. · 421 So. 2d 1257
• Fontenot v. Bramlett · 470 So. 2d 669
• Rice v. United Ins. Co. of America · 465 So. 2d 1100
• Raley v. Citibanc of Alabama/Andalusia · 474 So. 2d 640
• Hill v. Kraft, Inc. · 496 So. 2d 768
• Garrett v. Hadden · 495 So. 2d 616
• Unzicker v. State · 346 So. 2d 931
• Jones v. Lee County Commission · 394 So. 2d 928
• Hill v. Falletta · 589 So. 2d 746
• Taylor v. Shoemaker · 605 So. 2d 828
• Deal v. Tannehill Furnace & Foundry Com'n · 443 So. 2d 1213
• Smith v. King · 615 So. 2d 69
• HILL BY AND THROUGH WEBB v. Allen · 495 So. 2d 32

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