Legal Opinion
Cates v. Bush
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 23, 1975No. SC 960PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEFLIN, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from the Butler Circuit Court’s “Decree Determining Issues Set Out in Pre-Trial Order of November 19, 1973.” The motion to dismiss the appeal is granted.
Only a short explanation of the facts of this dispute is necessary for the purposes of this opinion, since this court does not reach the substantive issue raised by the appellants-defendants (defendants).
S. D. Barganier died in 1918. His will gave the widow a life estate in his real property; she was given an unlimited power to dispose of the realty during her life, but no power to dispose of it by…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. MacKeySupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Dickinson v. Petroleum Conversion Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Cold Metal Process Co. v. United Engineering & Foundry Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Powell v. Republic National Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1974
- Rieser v. Baltimore Ohio Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by77 opinions
- Foster v. Greer and Sons, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1984
- Branch v. Southtrust Bank of Dothan, N.A.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1987
- Ex Parte JamesSupreme Court of Alabama · 2002
- Scrushy v. TuckerSupreme Court of Alabama · 2006
- Robinson v. Computer Servicenters, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1978
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