Reynolds v. First Alabama Bank of Montgomery

Decided April 19, 1985. Clement Clay Torbert Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

471 So. 2d 1238 · Cited 94 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.

• Moss v. Winston · 137 So. 303
• Peebles v. Miley · 439 So. 2d 137
• Sprague v. Ticonic National Bank · 307 U.S. 161
• First Ala. Bank of Montgomery, NA v. Martin · 425 So. 2d 415
• Murphy v. Merchants Nat. Bank of Mobile · 200 So. 894
• Birmingham Trust Nat. Bank v. Henley · 371 So. 2d 883
• Eagerton v. Williams · 433 So. 2d 436
• BBC Investment Company v. Ginsberg · 190 So. 2d 702
• Jordan v. Guaranty Pest Control, Inc. · 298 So. 2d 244
• State Ex Rel. Payne v. Empire Life Ins. Co. · 351 So. 2d 538
• Shelby County Commission v. Smith · 372 So. 2d 1092
• FIRST ALABAMA BANK, ETC. v. Martin · 381 So. 2d 32
• Buder v. Franz · 27 F.2d 101

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