State Supreme Court / Ala.

Upton v. Mississippi Valley Title Ins. Co.

Decided February 22, 1985. Samuel A. Beatty wrote the opinion for the court.

469 So. 2d 548 · Cited 75 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.

AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY INC. v. Hare · 256 So. 2d 904
Alabama Power Company v. Taylor · 306 So. 2d 236
Wadsworth v. Yancey Bros. Co. · 423 So. 2d 1343
Antram v. Stuyvesant Life Insurance Company · 287 So. 2d 837
Land Title Co. of Alabama v. State Ex Rel. Porter · 299 So. 2d 289
Dunlap v. MacKe · 171 So. 721
Life Casualty Ins. Co. v. Whitehurst · 148 So. 164
Woodall v. National Life and Accident Ins. Co. · 269 Ala. 606
Brown Mech. Contractors, Inc. v. Centennial Ins. Co. · 431 So. 2d 932
O'DONOHUE v. Citizens Bank · 350 So. 2d 1049
Turner v. United States Fidelity & Guar. Co. · 440 So. 2d 1026
Rose v. Miller & Co., Inc. · 432 So. 2d 1237
Lutz v. Van Heynigen Brokerage Co. · 199 Ala. 620
Smiths Water Auth. v. City of Phenix City · 436 So. 2d 827
Ex Parte Bennett · 426 So. 2d 832
Marion v. Hall · 429 So. 2d 937
Ranger Ins. Co. v. HARTFORD STEAM, ETC. · 410 So. 2d 40

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