O'Bar v. Southern Life Health Ins. Co.

Decided April 9, 1936. Arthur B. Foster wrote the opinion for the court.

168 So. 580 · Cited 50 times

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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.

• Tobler v. Pioneer Mining & Mfg. Co. · 166 Ala. 482
• Alaga Coach Line, Inc. v. McCarroll · 151 So. 834
• Fidelity-Phenix Fire Ins. Co. v. Murphy · 146 So. 387
• Watts v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. · 100 So. 812
• Birmingham & A. Ry. Co. v. Campbell · 82 So. 546
• Dorough v. Alabama Great Southern R. Co. · 123 So. 602
• Green v. Marlin · 121 So. 19
• St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co. v. Kimbrell · 145 So. 433
• Harris v. State Ex Rel. Wilson · 109 So. 291
• Berry v. Dannelly · 145 So. 663
• Flowers v. Graves · 125 So. 659
• Sovereign Camp W. O. W. v. Gunn · 150 So. 491
• Clay v. State Insurance Co. · 94 S.E. 289
• Morgan Hill Paving Co. v. Pratt City Sav. Bank · 127 So. 500
• Birmingham Water Works Co. v. Barksdale · 150 So. 139
• Gambill v. Cargo · 151 Ala. 421
• Nichols v. Smith's Bakery, Inc. · 119 So. 638
• Gardner v. Black · 98 Ala. 638

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• Hearn v. Southern Life & Health Ins. Co. · 454 So. 2d 932
• Aetna Life Insurance Company v. Dowdle · 250 So. 2d 579
• Howard v. Southern Life & Health Insurance Co. · 474 So. 2d 1109
• Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co. v. Hanna · 311 So. 2d 294
• Insurance Company of North America v. Southern · 292 So. 2d 476
• Cannon v. Louisville N. R. Co. · 42 So. 2d 340
• Willard v. Kelley · 803 P.2d 1124
• Rowe v. State · 11 So. 2d 749
• American Mut. Liability Ins. Co. v. Agricola Furnace · 183 So. 677
• Aetna Life Insurance Company v. Beasley · 130 So. 2d 178
• Stevens v. Deaton Truck Line, Inc. · 54 So. 2d 464
• Byars v. Alabama Power Co. · 172 So. 621
• Newman v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co. · 456 So. 2d 40
• Jessup v. Shaddix · 154 So. 2d 39
• Davis v. Continental Casualty Co. · 560 F. Supp. 723
• Ballard v. First National Bank of Birmingham · 75 So. 2d 484
• Prince v. Bryant · 145 So. 2d 837
• Anderson v. Howard Hall Company · 272 Ala. 466
• Continental Casualty Co. v. Meadows · 7 So. 2d 29
• Jones v. Liberty Nat. Life Ins. Co. · 357 So. 2d 976
• Owen v. State Ex Rel. Bailes · 200 So. 412
• Hyde v. Bains · 22 So. 2d 324
• Vulcan Life Insurance Co. v. McDuffie · 57 Ala. App. 634
• Bernhard v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America · 134 Neb. 402
• Motors Insurance Corporation v. Stewart · 262 Ala. 15

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