Legal Opinion

Prudential Casualty Co. v. Kerr

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 20, 1918No. 6 Div. 778PublishedCited by 42 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; Hugh A. Locke, Judge. Bill by the Prudential Casualty Company against J. W. Kerr. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff ..appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.

The bill was for injunction against execution on the judgment in a suit on a burglary insurance policy. One phase of the case was before the Court of Appeals in Prudential Casualty Co. v. Kerr, 14 Ala. App. 539, 71 South. 979.

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2Cases cited56 opinions

  1. Paul v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
  2. Trustees of the First Baptist Ch. v. . Brooklyn Fire Ins.New York Court of Appeals · 1859
  3. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. LovejoySupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
  4. Phœnix Insurance v. MoogSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
  5. Dunklin v. WilsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1879

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3Cited by42 opinions

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  2. Hodge v. JoySupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
  3. Alabama Farm Bureau Mut. v. City of HartselleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1984
  4. Cherokee Life Ins, Co. v. BrannumSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
  5. Liverpool London Globe Ins. Co. v. LoweSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922

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