State Supreme Court / Ala.

State Ex Rel. Ward v. Henry

Decided November 19, 1931. Lucien D. Gardner wrote the opinion for the court.

139 So. 278 · Cited 50 times

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Precedents cited

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.

Reynolds v. Collier · 85 So. 465
Tayloe v. Davis · 102 So. 433
State v. Sanders · 187 Ala. 79
Board of Revenue of Jefferson County v. Hewitt · 90 So. 781
State Ex Rel. Garrett v. Torbert · 77 So. 37
State ex rel. Leslie v. Bracken · 154 Ala. 151
Osborn v. Henry · 76 So. 119
Bouchelle v. State Highway Commission · 100 So. 884
State Ex Rel. Jones v. Stearns · 76 So. 321
Birmingham Electric Co. v. Harry · 111 So. 41

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Evans v. Long · 149 So. 837
Yeilding v. State Ex Rel. Wilkinson · 167 So. 580
Jefferson County v. Busby · 148 So. 411
Harris v. State Ex Rel. Williams · 151 So. 858
Hawkins v. Jefferson County · 169 So. 720
State Ex Rel. Wright v. Headrick · 139 P.2d 761
State Ex Rel. Bozeman v. Hester · 72 So. 2d 61
State Ex Rel. Fowler v. Stone · 185 So. 404
Cooper v. State Ex Rel. Hawkins · 147 So. 432
Woco Pep Co. of Montgomery v. Butler · 142 So. 509
Couch v. Rodgers · 45 So. 2d 699
City of Birmingham v. Moore · 27 So. 2d 869
In Re Opinions of the Justices · 166 So. 710
Houston County v. Covington · 172 So. 882
Masters v. Pruce · 274 So. 2d 33
Densmore v. Jefferson County · 813 So. 2d 844
Magee v. Boyd · 175 So. 3d 79
Smith v. Lancaster · 114 So. 2d 568
Nelson v. State · 255 Ala. 141
City of Birmingham v. Henry · 139 So. 283
Moses v. Tigner · 168 So. 194

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