Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. Watson

Decided August 1, 1927. Armstead Brown wrote the opinion for the court.

113 So. 716 · Cited 65 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.

• Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Behymer · 189 U.S. 468
• Wabash Railway Co. v. McDaniels · 107 U.S. 454
• Ivey v. City of Birmingham · 190 Ala. 196
• Hazel v. Hoopeston-Danville Motor Bus Co. · 310 Ill. 38
• Taylor v. Rawlins · 106 So. 424
• George v. Mobile & Ohio Railroad · 109 Ala. 245

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