Legal Opinion
Young v. Bryan
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided December 2, 1983No. 81-1050PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is a wrongful death action.
It is undisputed that the late Joe Young shot and killed his wife, the late Jewel Bryan Young, and then committed suicide.
Their bodies were discovered by Raymond Victor Bryan, the Administrator of the Estate of his mother, Jewel Bryan Young and, in that capacity, the plaintiff in this action against Norman B. Young, Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Joe Young, deceased.
There were no eye-witnesses to the incident. However, a suicide note was discovered in Joe Young's real estate office, located immediately behind the Young's home:
"Double Branch
"January…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Barbour v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
- Crocker v. LeeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
- Watts v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
- Estes Health Care Centers, Inc. v. BannermanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1982
- Estis Trucking Co., Inc. v. HammondSupreme Court of Alabama · 1980
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Ashbee v. BrockSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
- Black Belt Wood Co., Inc. v. SessionsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
- Carlton G. Springer, Sr., as Administrator of the Estate of Bettie I. Springer, Deceased v. Charles Ray Bryant and Tennessee Valley AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- Holt v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1986
- LW Johnson & Assoc., Inc. v. RIVERS CONST. CO.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1988
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