State Supreme Court / Ala.

Smith v. Clark

Decided March 29, 1985. Clement Clay Torbert Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

468 So. 2d 138 · Cited 95 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.

Acromag-Viking v. Blalock · 420 So. 2d 60
Rushing v. City of Georgiana · 361 So. 2d 11
City of Birmingham v. City of Fairfield · 396 So. 2d 692
Wonder v. Southbound Records, Inc. · 364 So. 2d 1173
Coosa Marble Co., Inc. v. Whetstone · 318 So. 2d 271
Tichansky v. Tichansky · 307 So. 2d 20
Tichansky v. Tichansky · 307 So. 2d 24
State Ex Rel. Burns v. Phillips · 33 So. 2d 239
Assured Inv'rs Life Ins. Co. v. Nat. U. Assoc. · 362 So. 2d 228
Giles v. Giles · 404 So. 2d 649
Frazier v. Malone · 387 So. 2d 145

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