Legal Opinion

Hill Grocery Co. v. Carroll

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided October 8, 1931No. 6 Div. 825PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBouldin, J.

One’s business or employment is fully recognized in the law of Alabama as in the nature of a property right.

To unlawfully and maliciously interfere therewith, causing the employee to be discharged by his employer, is actionable.

That the employment is for no stipulated period, but terminable at the will of the parties, is not of consequence. That it may he ended at the will of employer or employee does not render such employment subject to the will of others. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Millonas, 206 Ala. 147, 89 So. 732, 29 A. L. R. 520 (with extended note pages 532, et seq.);…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Campbell v. . GatesNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
  2. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. MillonasSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
  3. Sparks v. McCrearySupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
  4. Tennessee Coal, Iron & Ry. Co. v. KellySupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
  5. Bowen v. MorrisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Smith v. Ford Motor Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1976
  2. Leah B. Sibley v. Fulton Dekalb Collection ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
  3. Birmingham Broadcasting Co. v. BellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
  4. Nelson Weaver Realty Company, and Nelson Weaver Mortgage Company, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
  5. INTERNATIONAL UNION, ETC. v. RussellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1956

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