Legal Opinion

Griffin v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 10, 1971No. 6 Div. 837PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MERRILL, Justice.

This court granted the writ to the Court of Criminal Appeals on the ground that the holding was in conflict with prior holdings of this court. We do not completely understand the opinion of that court but we interpreted it as holding, in part, that the bill of sale, having been signed in blank on Sunday, was void because it was in violation of Tit. 9, § 21, Code 1940, which declares that all contracts made on Sunday, with some exceptions, are void.

We have gone to the record for a more complete understanding of the questions treated in the opinion of the Court of Criminal…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Cranford v. National Surety CorporationSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
  2. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. ManascoSupreme Court of Alabama · 1960
  3. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
  4. Vardaman v. Benefit Ass'n of Railway Employees, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1955
  5. Whitfield v. RiddleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Satterwhite v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
  2. Nixon v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
  3. Satterwhite v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978

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