Legal Opinion
General Corp. v. State Ex Rel. Sweeton
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 18, 1975No. SC 521Published
1Opinion of the Court
320 So.2d 668 (1975)
GENERAL CORPORATION, a corporation,
v.
STATE of Alabama ex rel. Eugene SWEETON, Chief of Police, City of Huntsville, Alabama.
SC 521.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
September 18, 1975.
Frierson M. Graves, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., for appellant.
Watts, Salmon, Roberts, Manning & Noojin, Huntsville, for appellee.
ALMON, Justice.[*]
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