Tolbert v. Gulsby

Decided May 28, 1976. Howell T. Heflin wrote the opinion for the court.

333 So. 2d 129 · Cited 104 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.

• Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co. v. Green · 159 So. 2d 823
• Kilcrease v. Harris · 259 So. 2d 797
• Autry v. Roebuck Park Baptist Church · 229 So. 2d 469
• Britton v. Doehring · 242 So. 2d 666
• Louisville N. R. Co. v. Maddox · 183 So. 849
• Lewis v. Zell · 181 So. 2d 101
• Railroad Co. v. Stout · 84 U.S. 657
• Liberty National Life Insurance Company v. Weldon · 100 So. 2d 696
• Folmar v. Montgomery Fair Company, Inc. · 309 So. 2d 818
• Godfrey v. Vinson · 110 So. 13
• Moseley v. Alabama Power Co. · 21 So. 2d 305
• Graves v. Wildsmith · 177 So. 2d 448
• Mahone v. Birmingham Electric Co. · 73 So. 2d 378
• Sheffield Co. v. Morton · 161 Ala. 153
• Westbrook v. Gibbs · 231 So. 2d 97
• Louisville N. R. Co. v. Courson · 174 So. 474
• Clendenon v. Yarbrough · 171 So. 277
• Thompson v. Alexander City Cotton Mills Co. · 190 Ala. 184
• City of Dothan v. Gulledge · 163 So. 2d 217
• Tucker v. Cox · 213 So. 2d 222
• Culpepper & Stone Plumbing & Heating Co. v. Turner · 162 So. 2d 455
• Fletcher v. State · 132 Ala. 10
• Alabama Great Southern Railroad v. Crocker · 131 Ala. 584

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