Sullivan v. Alabama Power Co.

Decided November 24, 1944. Robert Tennent Simpson Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

20 So. 2d 224 · Cited 70 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.

• Williams v. Fundaburk · 185 So. 383
• City of Dothan v. Hardy · 188 So. 264
• Louisville N. R. Co. v. Scott · 167 So. 572
• Girard Fire Marine Ins. Co. v. Gunn · 130 So. 180
• Housing Authority of Birmingham Dist. v. Morris · 14 So. 2d 527
• Sheffield Co. v. Morton · 161 Ala. 153
• Alabama Power Co. v. Bass · 119 So. 625
• Alabama Power Co. v. McIntosh · 122 So. 677
• Alabama Power Co. v. Cooper · 156 So. 854
• Dallas Manfg. Co. v. Townes · 148 Ala. 146
• Erikson v. Wisconsin Hydro-Electric Co. · 214 Wis. 614
• Mills Lumber Co. v. Hull · 131 So. 902
• Littleton v. Alabama Power Co. · 10 So. 2d 757
• Bank of Florala v. American Nat. Bank · 199 Ala. 659
• Cooper & Sons Motor Co. v. Klepsig · 135 So. 430
• Armstrong v. Montgomery Street Railway Co. · 123 Ala. 233
• Thomas v. Carter · 117 So. 634
• Southwestern Gas & Electric Co. v. Hutchins · 68 S.W.2d 1085
• Patterson v. Irvin · 142 Ala. 401

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• Lawson v. General Telephone Company of Alabama · 267 So. 2d 132
• Alabama Power Company v. Smith · 142 So. 2d 228
• Alabama Power Co. v. Irwin · 72 So. 2d 300
• Wilson v. Alabama Power Co. · 518 So. 2d 105
• Rhodes v. Roadway Express Co. · 261 Ala. 14
• Liberty National Life Insurance Company v. Weldon · 100 So. 2d 696
• Campbell v. Alabama Power Co. · 378 So. 2d 718
• Foodtown Stores, Inc. v. Patterson · 213 So. 2d 211
• Hickman v. Parks Construction Company · 76 N.W.2d 403
• SH Kress & Company v. Thompson · 103 So. 2d 171
• McLemore v. INTERNATIONAL UNION, ETC. · 88 So. 2d 170
• Birmingham Electric Co. v. Howard · 34 So. 2d 830
• Stevens v. Deaton Truck Line, Inc. · 54 So. 2d 464
• Marshall County v. Uptain · 409 So. 2d 423
• HARVEY REGLAND COMPANY v. Newton · 105 So. 2d 110
• Aircraft Sales & Service, Inc. v. Gantt · 52 So. 2d 388
• Looney v. Davis · 721 So. 2d 152
• Martin v. Anniston Foundry Co. · 68 So. 2d 323
• Kemp v. Jackson · 145 So. 2d 187
• City of Decatur v. Parham · 109 So. 2d 692
• Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co. v. Gambrell · 78 So. 2d 619
• Birmingham Electric Co. v. McQueen · 44 So. 2d 598
• Stone v. Mellon Mortgage Company · 771 So. 2d 451
• Ball v. Vogtner · 362 So. 2d 894
• Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. v. Bennett · 103 So. 2d 177

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