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  • Ex Parte Alabama State Tenure Com'n

    657 So. 2d 1122 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Dec 22, 1994

    The Elmore County Board of Education ("Board") terminated the employment contract of Frederick Dickerson, a tenured principal of Wetumpka Junior High School. … Sumter County Bd. of Educ. v. Alabama State Tenure Comm'n , 352 So.2d 1133 , 1135 (Ala.Civ.App.), affirmed as modified, 352 So.2d 1137 (Ala. 1977).

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Chapman v. Caldwell

    235 Ala. 696 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Nov 11, 1937

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Crittenden ex rel. Willard v. Bright

    652 So. 2d 236 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Dec 2, 1994

    Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Service, Inc. v. Jericho Plantation, Inc., 481 So.2d 343 (Ala.1985). … Brown v. Covington County Board of Education, 524 So.2d 623 (Ala.1988). The trial court did not err in refusing the requested instruction; therefore, the judgment is due to be affirmed. 2 AFFIRMED.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Ex Parte Boaz City Board of Education, 1101315 (Ala. 10-7-2011)

    82 So. 3d 660 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Oct 7, 2011

    503 (Ala.1993)). “ ‘ “ ‘[I]f an action is an action against the State within the meaning of § 14, such a case “presents a question of subject-matter jurisdiction, which cannot be waived or conferred by consent.” ’ Haley v. … Barbour County, 885 So.2d 783, 788 (Ala.2004) (quoting Patterson v. Gladwin Corp., 835 So.2d 137, 142-43 (Ala.2002)).

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Ex Parte Boshell

    805 So. 2d 675 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Mar 16, 2001

    Continental Grain Co. v. Barge FBL-585 , 364 U.S. 19 , 26 (1960) (quoted in Charles Alan Wright, Federal Practice and Procedure , supra , at 441). These same considerations support the transfer of this entire case. … Moore, C.J., and See, Brown, and Stuart, JJ., concur. 1 Generally, under Rule 82, Ala.R.Civ.P., "proper venue for an action is determined at the commencement of the action."

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Town of Cedar Bluff v. Citizens Caring for Children

    904 So. 2d 1253 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Dec 30, 2004

    In Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board v. Henri-Duval Winery, LLC, 890 So.2d 70, 74 (Ala.2003), a party challenged the constitutionality of Alabama's Native Farm Winery Act, § 28-6-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975. … See Alabama Citizens Action Program v.

    Cited 36 timesPublished
  • City of Birmingham v. Norton

    255 Ala. 262 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Nov 16, 1950

    See also Meriwether v. Garrett, 102 U.S. 472 , 26 L.Ed. 197 . In Johnson v. … In Johnson v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Pentecost v. Pentecost

    204 Ala. 152 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Apr 8, 1920

    Dabbs v. Dabbs, 196 Ala. 164 , 71 South. 696 ; Mayo v. Mayo, 74 South. 971 ; 1 Brown v. Brown, 178 Ala. 121 , 59 South. 48 ; Jones v. Jones, 95 Ala. 443 , 11 South. 11 , 18 L. R. A. 95. … Holston v. Holston, 23 Ala. 777, 780 ; Crow v. Crow, 23 Ala. 583 ; Gray v. Gray, 15 Ala. 779, 784 ; Jones v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Rees v. Coats

    65 Ala. 256 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Nov 15, 1880

    We regret this, as, on the facts shown in this record, the contract between Brown and Coats did not, of itself, vest a legal title in the latter, which is always necessary to maintain detinue or trover.— Tucker v. … Rep. 644; Appreson v. Moore, 30 Ark, 56; Hutchinson v. Ford, 9 Bush, 318 ; Booker v. Jones, 55 Ala. 266 ; Adams v. Tanner, 5 Ala. 740 ; Morrow v. Turney, 35 Ala. 131 ; Kirksey v.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Mims v. Alabama Power Company

    262 Ala. 121 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Jan 20, 1955

    McNeil v. Hadden, supra. … Morgan v. Cherokee County Board of Education, 257 Ala. 201 , 58 So.2d 134 ; Propst v. Brown, 250 Ala. 282 , 34 So.2d 497 ; Wetzel v. Hobbs, 249 Ala. 434 , 31 So.2d 639 .

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • J. H. Burton Sons Co. v. May

    212 Ala. 435 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Jan 22, 1925

    Thomas, 202 Ala. 231 , 80 So. 69 ; Brown v. Mobile Elec. Co., supra; Harbison-Walker Refractories Co. v. Scott, 185 Ala. 641 , 64 So. 547 ; Ala. Consolidated C. & I. Co. v. … Co. v. Baylor, 101 Ala. 488 , 13 So. 793 ; Knowlton v. C. of Ga. Ry. Co., 192 Ala. 456 , 68 So. 281 ; Brown v. Mobile Elec. Co., 207 Ala. 61 , 91 So. 802 . In Burnwell Coal Co. v.

    Cited 32 timesPublished
  • Barksdale v. Bullington

    194 Ala. 624 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Oct 14, 1915

    . — Board of Trustees v. Campbell, 48 La. Ann. 1543 , 21 South. 184 ; Knox Estate, 131 Pa. 220 , 18 Atl. 1021 , 6 L. R. A. 353, 17 Am. St. Rep. 798 ; Mills v. Howland, 2 N. D. 30 , 49 N. W. 413 ; Sheehan v. … People’s Bank, 122 Ala. 446 , 26 South. 115 , a fictitious name was so held; and in Brown v. Bank, 6 Hill (N. Y.) 443, 41 Am.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Ex Parte Jefferson County

    767 So. 2d 343 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Mar 17, 2000

    ."); Armstrong v. … HOOPER, C.J., and MADDOX, HOUSTON, COOK, SEE, LYONS, BROWN, and ENGLAND, JJ., concur. JOHNSTONE, J., concurs specially. JOHNSTONE, Justice (concurring specially).

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Southall v. Copa Club, Inc.

    275 Ala. 699 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Jun 27, 1963

    Appellees obtained an order enjoining the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, and others, from revoking a liquor license which had been issued to the corporate appellee. … On authority of Southall v. Stricos Corporation, ante p. 156, 153 So.2d 234 , this point is well taken, and the court erred in denying the motion to dissolve. Reversed and Remanded. LIVINGSTON, C.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Ex Parte Murphy

    886 So. 2d 90 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Dec 30, 2003

    Ex parte Board of Zoning Adjustment of the City of Mobile , 636 So.2d 415 (Ala. 1994). . . . [T]he proper interpretation [of terms in the parties' divorce agreement] is a question of law. … HOUSTON, SEE, BROWN, and WOODALL, JJ., concur. HARWOOD, J., concurs in the rationale in part and concurs in the result.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Andrews' Heirs v. Brown's Adm'r

    21 Ala. 437 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Jun 15, 1852

    (Perkins’ ed.) 183 to 145; Ala. 446; Pierce v. Trigg, Leigh 406; Delmonico v. Guellaume et al. 2 Sand. Ch. 366 ; Dyer v. Clarke, 5 Metc. 562 ; 7 Vesey, 425, Hare, 369. … to the control and disposition of the surviving partner, Brown, notwithstanding they stand on the books of the Bank and the Insurance Company in the name of E.

    Cited 33 timesPublished
  • Coston v. McClelland

    220 Ala. 598 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Dec 19, 1929

    SAYRE, X In appellee’s brief on rehearing we are referred to Sweet v. Brown, 12 Metc. (Mass.) 175, 45 Am. … We have shown the difference between the covenants in this case and in Sweet v. Brown.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Olsson v. Nelson

    248 Ala. 441 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Dec 5, 1946

    Brown. Neither the will of Louis M. … Pollard v. Maddox, 28 Ala. 321 .

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Schneider National Carriers, Inc. v. Tinney

    776 So. 2d 753 · Supreme Court of Alabama · May 26, 2000

    In Foster v. … Black's Law Dictionary 460 (7th ed. 1999). 3 The Court of Civil Appeals held in Brown v.

    Cited 36 timesPublished
  • Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co. v. TUSCALOOSA CTY.

    994 So. 2d 250 · Supreme Court of Alabama · May 16, 2008

    In General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. … Champion v. McLean , 266 Ala. 103 , 95 So.2d 82 (1957). Certain principles applied in earlier cases, e.g. Connor v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished

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