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559 So. 2d 158 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Feb 16, 1990
Alabama Power Co. v. Martin , 341 So.2d 695 (Ala. 1977). See also Brown v. Alabama Power Co. , 275 Ala. 467 , 156 So.2d 153 (1963) (owner of the servient estate may not interfere with the dominant estate); Collins v. … Hecht Co. v. Bowles , 321 U.S. 321 , 329-330 [, 64 S.Ct. 587 , 591-92 , 88 L.Ed. 754 ] (1944), cited in Brown II , [ 349 U.S. 294 (1955)] at 300 [, 75 S.Ct. 753 , at 756, 99 L.Ed. 1083 ]." Swann v.
Cited 20 timesPublishedCommissioners Court Tuscaloosa Co. v. State ex rel. City of Tuscaloosa
180 Ala. 479 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Feb 11, 1913
In the case of Board of Revenue of Jefferson County v. … See Cromwell v. County of Sac, 94 U. S. 351 [ 24 L. Ed. 195 ]; Nesbitt v. Riverside Independent Dist., 144 U. S. 610 [12 Sup. Ct. 746, 36 L. Ed. 561 ]; Davis v. Brown, 94 U. S. 423 [ 24 L. Ed. 204 ]; Jacobson v.
Cited 10 timesPublished77 So. 3d 561 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Apr 22, 2011
Brown, 496 So.2d 756, 758 (Ala.1986). … West v. Founders Life Assur. Co. of Fla., 547 So.2d 870, 871 (Ala.1989).”’ “Prince v. Poole, 935 So.2d 431, 442 (Ala.2006) (quoting Dow v. Alabama Democratic Party, 897 So.2d 1035, 1038-39 (Ala.2004)).” Brown v. W.P.
Overruled by L.N. v. Monroe County Board of Education, 2013 Ala. LEXIS 81 (2013)Cited 11 timesPublished162 Ala. 512 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Jun 30, 1909
.— Montgomery, etc., Co. v. Lahey, 121 Ala. 131 , 25 South. 1006 ; Montgomery Traction Co. v. Harmon, 140 Ala. 505 , 37 South. 371 ; Tillis v. Brown, 154 Ala. 403 , 45 South. 589 , and cases there cited. … R. v. Neal, 128 Ala. 149 , 29 South. 865 .
Cited 6 timesPublishedIn re: Tameka Fitzpatrick v. Personnel Board of Jefferson County and City of Birmingham
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · May 29, 2026
Holmes v. Powell, supra. … Dykes v.
Cited 0 timesPublished822 So. 2d 418 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Nov 21, 2001
Dabney , 73 F.3d 262 (10th Cir. 1995); Ralston Purina Co. v. McFarland , 550 F.2d 967 (4th Cir. 1977); and Quantachrome Corp. v. Micromeritics Instrument Corp ., 189 F.R.D. 697 (S.D.Fla. 1999). … Houston, See, Lyons, Brown, Johnstone, Harwood, Woodall, and Stuart, JJ., concur. Moore, C.J., dissents.
Cited 6 timesPublished253 Ala. 392 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Dec 22, 1949
connected with the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. … BROWN, FOSTER, and STAKELY, JJ-, concur. . 252 Ala. 377 .
Cited 1 timesPublishedEx Parte Orange Beach Board of Adjustment
833 So. 2d 51 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Dec 14, 2001
Advertiser Co. v. Hobbie , supra ; Morgan County Board of Education v. Alabama Public School College Authority , 362 So.2d 850 (Ala. 1978). … Moore, C.J., and Houston, Lyons, Brown, Johnstone, Harwood, and Woodall, JJ., concur.
Cited 13 timesPublishedState v. Guaranty Savings Building & Loan Ass'n
225 Ala. 481 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Jun 10, 1932
Co. v. Board of Revenue, supra; Hall & Farley v. Alabama T. & I. Co., 143 Ala. 464 , 39 So. 285 , 2 L. R. A. (N. S.) 130, 5 Ann. Cas. 363; Id., 152 Ala. 262 , 44 So. 592 ; Sherrill v. … Ass’n v. Board of Commissioners, 115 N. C. 410 , 20 S. E. 526 ; Deniston v. Terry, 141 Ind. 677 , 41 N. E. 143 .
Cited 7 timesPublishedSupreme Court of Alabama · Dec 12, 2025
Brown's Ferry Waste Disposal Ctr., Inc. v. Trent, 611 So. 2d 226, 228 (Ala. 1992) (emphasis added). … Co. v. University of Alabama Hosp., 953 So. 2d 413 (Ala. Civ. App. 2006) (entertaining a declaratory-judgment action regarding a hospital lien); Board of Trs. of Univ. of Alabama v.
Cited 0 timesPublishedDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · Oct 13, 2020
Thompson v. N. Am. Stainless, LP, 562 U.S. 170, 174 (2011) (quoting Burlington N. & Sante Fe Ry. v. … V.
Cited 0 timesUnknown246 Ala. 356 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Dec 14, 1944
BROWN, Justice. This is a proceeding under the Declaratory Judgment Act, Code 1940, Tit. 7, § 156 et seq., instituted in the Circuit Court of Walker County, sitting in equity. … No. 3, v. Parvin, 67 Cal. 501 , 8 P. 43, 44 .
Cited 0 timesPublishedMitchell v. Jewish Progressive Club
253 Ala. 195 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Dec 22, 1949
In the case of Medical and Surgical Society v. … BROWN, LAWSON and STAKELY, JJ., concur.
Cited 3 timesPublished504 So. 2d 339 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Nov 25, 1986
Napier v. State , 357 So.2d 1011 , 1013 (Ala. 1978). "Justice Stone, in Mitchell v. … "See also Jackson v.
Cited 10 timesPublished266 Ala. 286 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Jun 27, 1957
This case was before us on former appeal, reported as Merry v. County Board of Education of Jefferson County, 264 Ala. 411 , 87 So.2d 821 . … Appellant cites First National Bank of Lincoln v. Cash, 220 Ala. 319 , 125 So. 28 ; Brown v. Olsson, 254 Ala. 695 , 49 So.2d 564 .
Cited 3 timesPublishedSmitherman v. Marshall County Com'n
746 So. 2d 1001 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Aug 27, 1999
"Governmental entity" shall also include county public school boards, municipal public school boards and city-county school boards when such boards do not operate as functions of the State of Alabama. … Co. v.
Cited 12 timesPublishedCovin v. Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling
796 So. 2d 358 · Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · Mar 30, 2001
The prior judgment of this court has been reversed to the extent it held that § 34-8A-8(6) exempts Covin from the subject-matter jurisdiction of the board, and the cause remanded by the Supreme Court of Alabama. … Ex parte Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling, 796 So.2d 355 (Ala.2000). In compliance with the Supreme Court’s opinion, we remand the case for an order or proceedings consistent with the Supreme Court’s opinion.
Cited 0 timesPublishedCity of Mobile v. Mobile Electric Co.
203 Ala. 574 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Dec 4, 1919
School v. Charleston, 271 Ill. 602 , 111 N. E. 573 , L. R. A. 1916D, 991; State v. Helena, 24 Mont. 521 , 63 Pac. 99 , 55 L. R. A. 336, 81 Am. St. … McClellan, sayre, someryille, THOMAS, and BROWN, JJ., concur. GARDNER, J., thinks that section 1183 of the Code is purely directory, and dissents.
Overruled in part by Alford v. City of Gadsden, 349 So. 2d 1132 (1977)Cited 39 timesPublishedBoard for the Assessment of the Property of Railroad Companies v. Alabama Central Railroad
59 Ala. 551 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Dec 15, 1877
This is attempted by the statute prescribing the rule by which the board of assessment was governed. … The assessment is, consequently, invalid,—an excess of authority by the board. *558 'The judgment of the City Court, vacating it, is therefore affirmed.
Cited 11 timesPublished224 Ala. 200 · Supreme Court of Alabama · Jan 21, 1932
Wallace v. Board of Revenue of Jefferson County, 140 Ala. 491 , 37 So. 321 ; Jacobs v. State, 144 Ala. 98 , 40 So. 572 . … J., and BOULDIN and BROWN, JJ„ concur. .
Cited 21 timesPublished
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