Case law

Roach v. Privett

90 Ala. 391 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Nov 15, 1890

Such is the course of the common law, which, in the absence of anything to the contrary, we are bound to presume obtains in Tennessee. — Stephen’s Pl. *119; Day v. Hamburgh, 1 Brown (Pa.) 75. … Wharton v. King, 69 Ala. 365 ; Weaver v. Brown, 87 Ala. 533 . And tills is in harmony with the ruling in other jurisdictions. Freeman on Judgments, §§ 277-280.

Finklea v. Perryman

239 Ala. 450 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Apr 11, 1940

*452 BROWN, Justice. The- original bill, filed by the executor of Albert M. … Davidson v. Brown et al., 215 Ala. 205 , 110 So. 384 ; McCormick et al. v. McCormick et al., 221 Ala. 606 , 130 So. 226 ; Ritter v.

American Automobile Insurance Co. v. English

266 Ala. 80 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Mar 7, 1957

Mobile Battle House, Inc., v. City of Mobile, 262 Ala. 270 , 78 So.2d 642 ; Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer Board v. Dean, 260 Ala. 221 , 69 So.2d 704 ; Percoff v. … Brown v. Oldham, 263 Ala. 76 , 81 So.2d 331 ; Harrison v. Harrison, 261 Ala. 648 , 75 So.2d 620 ; Tilley v. Tucker, 261 Ala. 287 , 73 So.2d 923 .

Williams v. Bedsole

174 Ala. 125 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Nov 23, 1911

Brown, the defendant, was in possession of that land on the west side of the fence when I bought it. Mr. … Grant v. Nations, 172 Ala. 55 South. 310.

Corey v. Wadsworth

118 Ala. 488 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Nov 15, 1897

They go by favor, and as an individual may prefer, among his creditors, his friends and relatives, so a corporation may prefer its friends.’ — Brown v. Furniture Co., 58 Fed. Rep. loc. cit. 292. See, also, Worthen v. … “And to the same effect, see Duncomb v. Railroad Co., 84 N. Y. 190 , 88 N. Y. 1 ; Harts v. Brown, 77 Ill. 226; Reichwald v. Hotel Co., 106 Ill. 439 ; Stratton v. Allen, 16 N. J. Eq. 229; Wilkinson v. Bauerle, 41 N. J.

Southern Railway Co. v. Arnold

114 Ala. 183 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Nov 15, 1896

Co. v. Thomas, 42 Ala. 673 ; Stanton v. L. & N. R. R. Co., 91 Ala. 384 ; Ensley R. Co. v. Chewning, 93 Ala. 26 ; M. & O. R. R. Co. v. George, 94 214; Mary Lee C. & R. Co. v. Chambliss, 97 Ala. 171 ; Laughran v. … Co. v. Free, 97 Ala. 234 ; R. & D. R. R. Co. v. Bivins, 103 Ala. 148 ; George v. Mobile & O. R. R. Co., 109 Ala. 245 ; Warden v. Railroad Co., 94 Ala. 277, 279 . 4.

Ex Parte Fairfield-American Nat. Bank

223 Ala. 252 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Jun 18, 1931

Reeves v. Brown, 103 Ala. 537 , 15 So. 824 ; Stone v. Davenport, 200 Ala. 396 , 76 So. 312 , and cases there cited. … J., and THOMAS and BROWN, JJ., concur.

Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co. v. Sizemore

258 Ala. 344 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Nov 6, 1952

National Labor Relations Board, 321 U.S. 332 (6), 64 S.Ct. 576 , 88 L.Ed. 762 . … J., and BROWN, LAWSON, SIMPSON and GOODWYN, JJ-, concur.

Doe Ex Dem. Windsor Realty Co. v. Finnegan

202 Ala. 17 · Supreme Court of Alabama · May 16, 1918

Cox v. Mobile & Girard R. R., 44 Ala. 611 ; 29 Cyc. 895; Knowles v. Northrop, 53 Conn. 369 , 4 Atl. 269 ; Griffin v. American Coal Co., 75 W. Va. 686 , 84 S. E. 621 , L. R. … The newly discovered evidence in question bore directly, and not collaterally, upon the marriage, and differentiates this case from the case of Brown v.

McCarty v. Williams

212 Ala. 232 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Oct 23, 1924

Brown v. Master, 104 Ala. 451, 463 , 16 So. 443 , 447. And in Benson v. … But the error was technical only, since count C sufficiently stated a cause of action in malicious prosecution (Brown v.

Gulf Electric Co. v. Fried

218 Ala. 684 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Dec 6, 1928

Shipping Board Emergency. … In Brown v. Dwight Mfg. Co., 200 Ala. 376 , 76 So. 292 , L. R.

Alabama State Bar v. R.G.P.

988 So. 2d 1005 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Jan 25, 2008

The Alabama State Bar (“the Bar”) appeals the decision of the Board of Disciplinary Appeals of the Alabama State Bar (“the Board”) reversing the order of a panel of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar (“the panel … “[T]he ‘clearly erroneous’ standard [of review] is applicable to the [Board’s] review of decisions of the [panel] .... ” Tipler v. Alabama State Bar, 866 So.2d 1126, 1137 (Ala.2003); see also Rule 5.1(d).

Marshall County v. Cleveland

218 Ala. 104 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Jun 28, 1928

BROWN, J. The appellant complains of several rulings on the pleadings and the admission of evidence, but the view we take of the ease renders a consideration of these several rulings unnecessary. … Barbour County v. Reeves, 217 Ala. 415 , 116 So. 119 ; Brown v. Shelby County, 204 Ala. 252 , 85 So. 416 .

Wallace v. Burleson

361 So. 2d 554 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Aug 18, 1978

Grant v. West Point Manufacturing Co. , 272 Ala. 280 , 130 So.2d 336 (1961). … Baxley v. Johnson , 293 Ala. 69 , 300 So.2d 106 (1974).

Murphy v. Merchants Nat. Bank of Mobile

240 Ala. 688 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Feb 20, 1941

Murphy had changed its name after his purchase from the Shipping Board. … J., and BROWN and FOSTER, JJ., concur. KNIGHT, J., not sitting.

Warren v. Jones

219 Ala. 213 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Mar 21, 1929

Gordon v. Bell, 50 Ala. 213 ; Ayers v. Roper, 111 Ala. 651 , 20 So. 460 ; Hendon v. Delvichio, 137 Ala. 594 , 34 So. 830 ; Brightman v. Merriwether, 121 Ala. 602 , 25 So. 994 . In Weaver v. … First National Bank v. Browne, 128 Ala. 557 , 29 So. 552 , 86 Am. St. Rep. 156 ; Fuller v. Whitlock, 99 Ala. 411 , 13 So. 80 .

Robinson v. State Ex Rel. James

212 Ala. 459 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Jan 15, 1925

Givens v. Tidmore, 8 Ala. 745 ; Montgomery v. State, 107 Ala. 372 , 18 So. 157 ; State v. Foster, 130 Ala. 154 , 30 So. 477 . … Montgomery v. State, 107 Ala. 372 , 18 So. 157 ; State v. Foster, 130 Ala. 154 , 30 So. 477 ; Givens v. Tidmore, 8 Ala. 745 ; Buckner v. Graves, 210 Ala. 294 , 98 So. 22 .

Ex Parte Vizzina

533 So. 2d 658 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Sep 23, 1988

"It was held in West v. … App. 596 , 522 P.2d 552 (1974); State v. Berch , 222 N.W.2d 741 (Iowa 1974); State v. Crowell , 560 S.W.2d 889 (Mo.App. 1978); City of Cincinnati v.

McPherson v. Mims

385 So. 2d 44 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Jun 20, 1980

Vickery, Police Officer II, was presented to the Mobile County Personnel Board. … This case is governed by City of Dothan v. Lucas, 47 Ala.App. 336 , 254 So.2d 341 (1971), which relied on State ex rel. Almon v. Fowler, 160 Ala. 186 , 48 So. 985 (1909).

Ex Parte Meeks

434 So. 2d 844 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Jun 10, 1983

Taylor v. Alabama , 457 U.S. 687 , 102 S.Ct. 2664 , 73 L.Ed.2d 314 (1982); Dunaway v. New York , 442 U.S. 200 , 99 S.Ct. 2248 , 60 L.Ed.2d 824 (1979); Brown v. … See, Meeks v. State , 434 So.2d 843 (Ala.Cr.App. 1982) (Bowen, J., dissenting). The Court in Brown v. Illinois , supra, and Dunaway v.