Legal Opinion
Jefferson County v. O'Gara
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 26, 1939No. 6 Div. 586PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARDNER, Justice.
A judgment was rendered against Jefferson County, and an appeal therefrom prosecuted by the county to the Court of Appeals. The judgment against the county was reversed by the Court of Appeals. Of this reversal, of course, Jefferson County cannot and does not complain. The appellees acquiesce in the judgment of reversal, and do not complain.
The Court of Appeals rested the reversal upon the theory that the form of action (assumpsit) would not lie for the recovery sought. But the court indulged in observations in the opinion, which related to the questions of merit in the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Ex parte Louisville & Nashville R. R.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1912
- Allen v. M. Mendelsohn & SonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
- Max J. Winkler Brokerage Co. v. CoursonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Montgomery County v. PruettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- Connecticut General Life Ins. Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Anderson v. City of BridgeportSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1947
- City of Anniston v. DouglasSupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
- City of Prichard v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
- Jefferson County v. CaseSupreme Court of Alabama · 1943
- Jeffers v. WhartonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1940
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