Legal Opinion
Bowling v. Pow
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 19, 1974No. SC 679PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEIGH CLARK, Supernumerary Circuit Judge.
This litigation is between two eminent former professors of English at the University of Alabama. This is an appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the trial court dismissing the action.
The crucial issue is whether the trial court was in error in dismissing the action on the ground that the complaint does not state a claim upon which relief can be granted, the only ground asserted in the motion to dismiss.
The original complaint and the amended complaint are unnecessarily lengthy and contain many averments that do not constitute appropriate pleading,…
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- R. W. Agnew v. Richard W. MoodyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by24 opinions
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