Legal Opinion

Sexton v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided April 21, 1938No. 4 Div. 2PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GARDNER, Justice.

The Court of Appeals in holding the name Levon and Lavaughn are not, as a matter of law, idem sonans, was endeavoring to follow the rule of our cases by which that court is bound, and the analogies furnished by our own authorities. Particular stress'is laid upon Munkers v. State, 87 Ala. 94, 6 So. 357. But many others are noted as having been previously reviewed by that court in Campbell v. State, 18 Ala.App. 219, 90 So. 43, among them, Jacobs v. State, 61 Ala. 448; Wells v. State, 187 Ala. 1, 65 So. 950 (Sagar and Sagars, Segar and Segars); Merlette v. State, 100 Ala. 42, 14…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Munkers v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
  2. Nutt v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1879
  3. Jacobs v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
  4. Merlette v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
  5. Nettles v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Alberson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
  2. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
  3. Haagenson v. Matanuska Valley Lines, Inc.District Court, D. Alaska · 1952
  4. Seay v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1944
  5. Hutchinson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1959

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