Supreme Court of Alabama Decisions 1955

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Evans v. Evans
Date: December 22, 1955
 Citation: 84 So. 2d 337
Chambers v. State
Date: December 22, 1955
 Citation: 84 So. 2d 342
Bentley v. County Commission for Russell County
Date: December 22, 1955
 Citation: 84 So. 2d 490
New Hampshire Fire Insurance Co. v. Curtis
Date: December 22, 1955
 Citation: 85 So. 2d 441
Parr v. City of Birmingham
Date: December 22, 1955
 Citation: 85 So. 2d 888
State v. BAY TOWING AND DREDGING CO.
Date: December 22, 1955
 Citation: 85 So. 2d 890
State v. Reynolds Metals Company
Date: November 28, 1955
 Citation: 83 So. 2d 709
Ex Parte Morris
Date: November 28, 1955
 Citation: 83 So. 2d 717
Roan v. McCaleb
Date: November 28, 1955
 Citation: 84 So. 2d 358
Personnel Board of Mobile County v. City of Mobile
Date: November 28, 1955
 Citation: 84 So. 2d 365
Sullivan v. Cheatham
Date: November 28, 1955
 Citation: 84 So. 2d 374
Ex Parte Board of Education of Blount County
Date: November 28, 1955
 Citation: 84 So. 2d 653
Cleveland v. Cleveland
Date: November 10, 1955
 Citation: 83 So. 2d 281
Stone Container Corporation v. Stapler
Date: November 10, 1955
 Citation: 83 So. 2d 283
Curjel v. Ash
Date: November 10, 1955
 Citation: 83 So. 2d 293
Marshall County Gas District v. City of Albertville
Date: November 10, 1955
 Citation: 83 So. 2d 299
West Point Manufacturing Co. v. Bennett
Date: November 10, 1955
 Citation: 83 So. 2d 303
McCary v. Crumpton
Date: November 10, 1955
 Citation: 83 So. 2d 309
Sharpe v. Booker
Date: November 10, 1955
 Citation: 83 So. 2d 313
Coon v. Coon
Date: November 10, 1955
 Citation: 85 So. 2d 430
Stremming Veneer Co. v. Jacksonville Blow Pipe Co.
Date: November 3, 1955
 Citation: 83 So. 2d 224
Ex Parte King
Date: November 3, 1955
 Citation: 83 So. 2d 241
Brittain v. Jenkins
Date: November 3, 1955
 Citation: 83 So. 2d 432
Sullivan v. Davis
Date: November 3, 1955
 Citation: 83 So. 2d 434
Poole v. WILLIAM PENN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
Date: November 3, 1955
 Citation: 84 So. 2d 333
BARBER PURE MILK COMPANY v. Holmes
Date: November 3, 1955
 Citation: 84 So. 2d 345
Vines v. Crescent Transit Company
Date: November 3, 1955
 Citation: 85 So. 2d 436
Bryson v. State
Date: October 13, 1955
 Citation: 84 So. 2d 785
Williams v. Board of Education of Lamar County
Date: September 22, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 549
Brooks v. State
Date: September 22, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 553
Wood v. Wood
Date: September 22, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 556
Lámar v. Lámar
Date: September 22, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 558
Crescent Amusement Company v. Knight
Date: September 22, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 919
Abernathy v. Thornton
Date: September 22, 1955
 Citation: 83 So. 2d 235
Barran v. Roden
Date: September 15, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 398
Denton v. State
Date: September 15, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 406
Smith v. Bryant
Date: September 15, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 411
Gamble v. Cloud
Date: September 15, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 526
Lauderdale County Cooperative v. Lansdell
Date: September 15, 1955
 Citation: 83 So. 2d 201
Emergency Aid Insurance Co. v. Dobbs
Date: September 15, 1955
 Citation: 83 So. 2d 335
Alabama Textile Products Corp. v. State
Date: September 15, 1955
 Citation: 83 So. 2d 42
City of Bay Minette v. QUINELY
Date: August 18, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 192
Pickens County Board of Education v. Keasler
Date: August 18, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 197
Smith v. Chickamauga Cedar Company
Date: August 18, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 200
Alabama Textile Products Corporation v. Grantham
Date: August 18, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 204
Van Antwerp-Aldridge Drug Co. v. Schwarz
Date: August 18, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 209
Henslee v. Merritt
Date: August 18, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 212
Henslee v. Henslee
Date: August 18, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 222
Rhodes v. Schofield
Date: August 18, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 236
Porter v. Roberson
Date: August 18, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 244
Franklin v. White
Date: August 18, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 247
Edge v. Bice
Date: August 18, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 252
Tankersley v. Webb
Date: August 18, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 259
Vardaman v. Benefit Ass'n of Railway Employees
Date: August 18, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 272
Davis Lumber Company v. Self
Date: August 18, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 291
Draper v. Sewell
Date: August 18, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 303
Blankenship v. Blankenship
Date: August 18, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 335
Weekley v. Horn
Date: August 18, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 341
Ex Parte Bracken
Date: August 18, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 629
Vinson v. Vinson
Date: August 18, 1955
 Citation: 83 So. 2d 215
Massey v. United States Steel Corporation
Date: August 18, 1955
 Citation: 86 So. 2d 375
Carter v. City of Gadsden
Date: August 18, 1955
 Citation: 88 So. 2d 689
Birmingham Trust Nat'l Bank v. Garth
Date: June 30, 1955
 Citation: 81 So. 2d 590
Kimbrough v. Hardison
Date: June 30, 1955
 Citation: 81 So. 2d 606
Locke v. Sparks
Date: June 30, 1955
 Citation: 81 So. 2d 670
Jefferson Iron & Metal Company v. Bethune
Date: June 30, 1955
 Citation: 81 So. 2d 674
Troy Bank & Trust Company v. Brantley
Date: June 30, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 618
Cooper v. City of Fairhope
Date: June 30, 1955
 Citation: 83 So. 2d 321
Prince v. Lowe
Date: June 23, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 606
Tolbert v. City of Birmingham
Date: June 16, 1955
 Citation: 81 So. 2d 336
Bates v. Rentz
Date: June 16, 1955
 Citation: 81 So. 2d 349
Caffee v. Thompson
Date: June 16, 1955
 Citation: 81 So. 2d 358
Hipp v. McMurry
Date: June 16, 1955
 Citation: 81 So. 2d 531
Shell Oil Company v. Edwards
Date: June 16, 1955
 Citation: 81 So. 2d 535
Grimes v. Jackson
Date: June 16, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 315
Bell v. Birmingham Broadcasting Company
Date: June 16, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 345
English v. Jacobs
Date: June 16, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 542
Ex Parte Cooke
Date: June 16, 1955
 Citation: 83 So. 2d 195
Berness v. State
Date: June 16, 1955
 Citation: 83 So. 2d 613
Barnett v. Barnett
Date: May 26, 1955
 Citation: 80 So. 2d 626
Kelley v. Sutliff
Date: May 26, 1955
 Citation: 80 So. 2d 636
Reed v. Hill
Date: May 26, 1955
 Citation: 80 So. 2d 728
Jordan v. CLARKE-WASHINGTON ELECTRIC MEMBER. CORP.
Date: May 19, 1955
 Citation: 80 So. 2d 527
Barber Pure Milk Company v. Young
Date: May 19, 1955
 Citation: 81 So. 2d 328
Levine v. Levine
Date: May 12, 1955
 Citation: 80 So. 2d 235
Gayden v. State
Date: May 12, 1955
 Citation: 80 So. 2d 501
Herrington v. Hudson
Date: May 12, 1955
 Citation: 80 So. 2d 519
White v. State
Date: May 12, 1955
 Citation: 81 So. 2d 267
First National Bank of Birmingham v. Lowery
Date: May 12, 1955
 Citation: 81 So. 2d 284
Pike County v. Whittington
Date: May 12, 1955
 Citation: 81 So. 2d 288
Fikes v. State
Date: May 12, 1955
 Citation: 81 So. 2d 303
Brown v. Oldham
Date: May 12, 1955
 Citation: 81 So. 2d 331
Welch v. State
Date: May 12, 1955
 Citation: 81 So. 2d 901
Employers Insurance Company of Alabama v. Rives
Date: May 12, 1955
 Citation: 87 So. 2d 653
Kendall Alabama Company v. City of Fort Payne
Date: April 28, 1955
 Citation: 79 So. 2d 801
Natco Corporation v. Mallory
Date: April 28, 1955
 Citation: 80 So. 2d 274
Caine v. Caine
Date: April 14, 1955
 Citation: 79 So. 2d 546
Self v. Hane
Date: April 14, 1955
 Citation: 79 So. 2d 549
City of Talladega v. Ellison
Date: April 14, 1955
 Citation: 79 So. 2d 551
Drake v. Drake
Date: April 14, 1955
 Citation: 80 So. 2d 268
Holley v. Josey
Date: April 14, 1955
 Citation: 82 So. 2d 328
Miles v. Moore
Date: April 7, 1955
 Citation: 79 So. 2d 432
McCall v. State
Date: March 31, 1955
 Citation: 79 So. 2d 51
Wright v. State
Date: March 31, 1955
 Citation: 79 So. 2d 74
United States Steel Corp. v. McGehee
Date: March 31, 1955
 Citation: 80 So. 2d 256
Griggs v. Barnes
Date: March 24, 1955
 Citation: 78 So. 2d 910
Trans-Continental Mutual Insurance Co. v. Harrison
Date: March 24, 1955
 Citation: 78 So. 2d 917
Horn v. Dunn Brothers, Inc.
Date: March 24, 1955
 Citation: 79 So. 2d 11
Hunt v. Ward
Date: March 24, 1955
 Citation: 79 So. 2d 20
Mooney v. Weaver
Date: March 24, 1955
 Citation: 79 So. 2d 3
Vinson v. Vinson
Date: March 24, 1955
 Citation: 79 So. 2d 31
Smith & Gaston Funeral Directors v. Wilson
Date: March 24, 1955
 Citation: 79 So. 2d 48
Smith and Gaston Funeral Directors v. Dean
Date: March 24, 1955
 Citation: 80 So. 2d 227
Quinn v. Hannon
Date: March 24, 1955
 Citation: 80 So. 2d 239
Pike v. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co.
Date: March 24, 1955
 Citation: 81 So. 2d 254
In Re Opinion of the Justices
Date: March 18, 1955
 Citation: 81 So. 2d 277
Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co. v. Gambrell
Date: March 10, 1955
 Citation: 78 So. 2d 619
Braswell v. Malone
Date: March 10, 1955
 Citation: 78 So. 2d 631
Higginbotham v. State
Date: March 10, 1955
 Citation: 78 So. 2d 637
Mobile Battle House v. City of Mobile
Date: March 10, 1955
 Citation: 78 So. 2d 642
GOVERNMENT & CIVIC EMPLOYERS O. COM., CIO v. Windsor
Date: March 10, 1955
 Citation: 78 So. 2d 646
Morgan Plan Company v. Bruce
Date: March 10, 1955
 Citation: 78 So. 2d 650
Shiflett v. State
Date: March 10, 1955
 Citation: 78 So. 2d 805
Holloway v. State
Date: March 10, 1955
 Citation: 79 So. 2d 40
Trans-America Ins. Co. v. Wilson
Date: March 10, 1955
 Citation: 80 So. 2d 253
Willingham v. State
Date: March 10, 1955
 Citation: 80 So. 2d 280
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co. v. Tucker
Date: March 10, 1955
 Citation: 80 So. 2d 288
Howell v. Roueche
Date: March 10, 1955
 Citation: 81 So. 2d 297
Mincy v. State
Date: February 24, 1955
 Citation: 78 So. 2d 262
Water Works Board of City of Birmingham v. Stephens
Date: February 24, 1955
 Citation: 78 So. 2d 267
Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Hinson
Date: February 24, 1955
 Citation: 78 So. 2d 286
Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. McDaniel
Date: February 24, 1955
 Citation: 78 So. 2d 290
Gipson v. State
Date: February 24, 1955
 Citation: 78 So. 2d 293
Werneth v. Hanly
Date: February 24, 1955
 Citation: 78 So. 2d 299
Ex Parte State Ex Rel. Sullivan
Date: February 24, 1955
 Citation: 78 So. 2d 322
Townsend v. McCall
Date: February 24, 1955
 Citation: 80 So. 2d 262
Smith v. State
Date: February 24, 1955
 Citation: 80 So. 2d 307
Calhoun County v. Logan
Date: February 24, 1955
 Citation: 80 So. 2d 529
Western Grain Company Cases
Date: February 3, 1955
 Citation: 85 So. 2d 395
Arthur v. Arthur
Date: January 20, 1955
 Citation: 77 So. 2d 477
Hanners v. Hanners
Date: January 20, 1955
 Citation: 77 So. 2d 484
Mims v. Alabama Power Co.
Date: January 20, 1955
 Citation: 77 So. 2d 648
McPherson v. Stallworth
Date: January 20, 1955
 Citation: 78 So. 2d 924
Watkins v. Kelley
Date: January 20, 1955
 Citation: 80 So. 2d 247
Stokes v. Moore
Date: January 13, 1955
 Citation: 77 So. 2d 331
Rudicell v. Rudicell
Date: January 13, 1955
 Citation: 77 So. 2d 339
Tarlton v. Tarlton
Date: January 13, 1955
 Citation: 77 So. 2d 347
Smith v. Bank of Blountsville
Date: January 13, 1955
 Citation: 77 So. 2d 357
TM HEAD v. Local Union No. 83, Journeymen Barbers
Date: January 13, 1955
 Citation: 77 So. 2d 363
Robertson v. Robertson
Date: January 13, 1955
 Citation: 77 So. 2d 373
Harrison v. State
Date: January 13, 1955
 Citation: 77 So. 2d 387
Penton v. Favors
Date: January 13, 1955
 Citation: 78 So. 2d 278
Pilcher v. Dezso
Date: January 13, 1955
 Citation: 78 So. 2d 306
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