Scott v. Alabama State Bridge Corporation

Decided June 25, 1936. William H. Thomas wrote the opinion for the court.

169 So. 273 · Cited 51 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.

• Alabama State Bridge Corporation v. Smith · 116 So. 695
• Shaw v. Railroad Co. · 100 U.S. 605
• Oppenheim v. City of Florence · 155 So. 859
• Jefferson County v. Johnson · 168 So. 450
• Smith v. Town of Guin · 155 So. 865
• United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Hearn · 170 So. 59

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• Liberty Nat. v. Univ. of Ala. Health Servs. · 881 So. 2d 1013
• Aland v. Graham · 250 So. 2d 677
• Alabama State Docks Terminal Ry. v. Lyles · 797 So. 2d 432
• Larkins v. Department of Mental Health · 806 So. 2d 358
• Knight v. West Alabama Environmental Improvement Authority · 246 So. 2d 903
• Mitchell v. Hammond · 39 So. 2d 582
• Opinion of the Justices · 264 Ala. 176
• Ex Parte State Ex Rel. James · 711 So. 2d 952
• Avery Freight Lines, Inc. v. White · 18 So. 2d 394
• Smith v. Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co. · 309 So. 2d 424
• Edmonson v. State Industrial Development Authority · 184 So. 2d 115
• Alabama Power Co. v. Citizens of State · 740 So. 2d 371
• Horn v. Dunn Brothers, Inc. · 79 So. 2d 11
• Redlands Foothill Groves v. Jacobs · 30 F. Supp. 995
• Thompson v. Chilton County · 181 So. 701
• Bedsole v. Goodloe · 912 So. 2d 508
• St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Nowlin · 542 So. 2d 1190
• St. Clair County v. Town of Riverside · 128 So. 2d 333
• Donoghue v. Bunkley · 25 So. 2d 61
• Morgan v. Board of School Com'rs of Mobile County · 26 So. 2d 108
• Williams v. Hank's Ambulance Service · 699 So. 2d 1230

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