Williams v. Schwarz

Decided May 25, 1916. William H. Thomas wrote the opinion for the court.

197 Ala. 40 · Cited 56 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.

• Touart v. State ex rel. Callaghan · 173 Ala. 453
• State ex rel. Thomas v. Gunter · 170 Ala. 165
• Buttfield v. Stranahan · 192 U.S. 470
• Sweet v. Rechel · 159 U.S. 380
• City of Birmingham v. Southern Express Co. · 164 Ala. 529
• City of Ensley v. Simpson · 166 Ala. 366
• State ex rel. City of Mobile v. Board of R. & R. Com. · 180 Ala. 489
• State ex rel. Troy v. Smith · 187 Ala. 411
• Nolen v. State ex rel. Moore · 118 Ala. 154
• Quick v. White-Water Township · 7 Ind. 570
• Fairhope Single Tax Corp. v. Melville · 193 Ala. 289
• In Re Estate of Bull · 96 P. 366
• Davis v. State · 68 Ala. 58
• State ex rel. Collman v. Pitts · 160 Ala. 133
• Branagan v. Dulaney · 8 Colo. 408
• Huffstutler v. Louisville Packing Co. · 154 Ala. 291
• State ex rel. Dreibelbiss v. Berghoff · 158 Ind. 349

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• Wilkins v. Woolf · 208 So. 2d 74
• Citizens Committee to Recall Rizzo v. Board of Elections · 367 A.2d 232
• Ex Parte McCormick · 932 So. 2d 124
• State v. Goldstein · 93 So. 308
• Ex Parte Ashton · 165 So. 773
• Lash v. State · 14 So. 2d 229
• Tucker v. State Ex Rel. Poole · 165 So. 249
• State Ex Rel. Hyland v. Baumhauer · 12 So. 2d 326
• Carter v. State Ex Rel. Bullock County · 393 So. 2d 1368
• Springer v. State Ex Rel. Williams · 157 So. 219
• In Re Fite · 152 So. 246
• McCreless v. Tennessee Valley Bank · 94 So. 722
• Gulf States Steel Co. v. Justice · 87 So. 211
• Leonard v. Lyons · 87 So. 99
• Bradford v. State Ex Rel. Esslinger · 147 So. 182
• Hughes v. Stephens · 121 So. 397
• Henry v. State Ex Rel. Hartsfield · 117 So. 626
• Stone v. State Ex Rel. Freeland · 104 So. 894
• Hawkins v. City of Birmingham · 194 So. 533
• Franklin County v. Richardson · 79 So. 384
• State Ex Rel. Williams v. Owens · 117 So. 298

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