Surrency v. Harbison

Decided April 25, 1986. Samuel A. Beatty wrote the opinion for the court.

489 So. 2d 1097 · Cited 88 times

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• Dunning v. Boyes · 351 So. 2d 883
• Brooks v. Solomon Co. · 542 F. Supp. 1229
• Singer Sewing Machine Co. v. Methvin · 184 Ala. 554
• Alabama Power Company v. Taylor · 306 So. 2d 236
• Dixie Electric Company v. Maggio · 318 So. 2d 274
• Holcombe v. Whitaker · 318 So. 2d 289
• Wilson v. Orr · 97 So. 133
• Kloch v. Ratcliffe · 375 N.W.2d 916
• Britling Cafeteria Co. v. Shotts · 162 So. 373
• Stinson v. Richardson · 194 So. 508
• American Road Serv. Co. v. Inmon · 394 So. 2d 361
• Gulf Atlantic Life Ins. Co. v. Barnes · 405 So. 2d 916
• Aspinwall v. Gowens · 405 So. 2d 134
• Caterpillar Tractor Co. v. Ford · 406 So. 2d 854
• Ritch v. Waldrop · 428 So. 2d 1
• Beloit Corp. v. Harrell · 339 So. 2d 992
• Costarides v. Miller · 374 So. 2d 1335
• Deal v. Johnson · 362 So. 2d 214
• Garvin v. Shewbart · 442 So. 2d 80
• May v. Moore · 424 So. 2d 596
• Pate v. Sunset Funeral Home · 465 So. 2d 347
• Joftes v. Kaufman · 324 F. Supp. 660
• Riddle v. Brown · 20 Ala. 412
• Sturdivant v. Seaboard Service System, Ltd. · 459 A.2d 1058

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