Legal Opinion

Birmingham Trust & Savings Co. v. Strong

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 23, 1939No. 6 Div. 497PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, Justice.

The submission was on motion to dismiss the appeal and on the merits.

In consideration of the motion to dismiss the appeal as not being final (Huie et al. v. Smith, Ala.Sup., 189 So. 729), 1 it is observed, that a decree may be a final decree in part and merely interlocutory in part. It is necessary that a decree be final to support an appeal. Michie’s Code, § 6078; De Graffenried v. Breitling, 192 Ala. 254, 68 So. 265. In this sense there may be several final decrees. Fleming v. Copeland, 210 Ala. 389, 98 So. 128; First Nat’l. Bank of Opp v. Cotton, 231 Ala. 288, 164 So. 371.…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Goodman v. WinterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1879
  2. de Graffenried v. BreitlingSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
  3. Harton's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  4. Bland v. BowieSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
  5. King v. PorterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Wiggins Estate Co. v. JefferySupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
  2. Ingalls Iron Works Co. v. Ingalls FoundationSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957
  3. Coley v. LangCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1976
  4. Financeamerica Private Brands, Inc. v. Bishop (In Re Bishop)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Alabama · 1985
  5. Stephens v. United States Steel Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954

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