Legal Opinion
Hood v. City of Birmingham
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 26, 1990No. 88-1382PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
STEAGALL, Justice.
Betty M. Hood, as executrix of the estate of her husband, David H. Hood, Jr., sued the City of Birmingham for breach of contract for its failure to pay $60,800 in legal fees for services her husband' had performed for Roosevelt City (annexed by Birmingham in 1988), as that city’s attorney. Mrs. Hood filed her notice of claim with Birmingham on January 30, 1989. Section 11-47-23, Ala.Code 1975, requires that notice of certain claims be filed with the municipal clerk within two years from the accrual of the claims. The trial court dismissed both Mrs. Hood’s complaint and her…
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- City of Decatur v. Thames Bank & Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1936
- Troup v. City of DecaturSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
- Williams v. KillenAlabama Court of Appeals · 1952
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