Legal Opinion

White v. Packer

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided April 27, 1977No. Civ. 1028PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This is an appeal from the trial court's granting of a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. We affirm.

The dispute arises out of the following facts:

On August 25, 1974, Mrs. Eunice White, the plaintiff-appellant, and Mrs. Joseph Packer, one of the defendant-appellees, returned to the Packer home after having taken their daughters to Springhill College. A short time later, they left the house to investigate a disturbance at a nearby street corner.

It was dusk at the time of their return to the house. Mrs. White and Mrs. Packer stepped from the street into Mrs. Packer's front yard on…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Tolbert v. GulsbySupreme Court of Alabama · 1976
  2. A. A. Spurlin, Surviving Parent of Douglas J. Spurlin, a Minor, Deceased v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  3. John S. Mays v. Pioneer Lumber Corporation, a West Virginia CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974
  4. Glen L. Wood v. Holiday Inns, Inc., Interstate Inns, Inc., and Jessie Goynes v. Gulf Oil CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  5. W. S. Fowler Rental Equipment Company v. SkipperSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Hanson v. CouchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
  2. Ex Parte BennettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1982
  3. Dobbs v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
  4. Frederick v. ReedCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1982
  5. Warren v. OusleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1983

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