Legal Opinion
Williams v. First Nat. Bank of Mobile
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 30, 1980No. 78-869, 78-870PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
These appeals involve the validity and constitutionality of the so-called Grove Act in a case involving the oil, gas and mineral rights to over 10,000 acres of land located in Baldwin County.
In 1942, Denniston-Boykin Company, Inc. and Baldwin Timber and Naval Stores Company, Inc., filed a bill of complaint in the circuit court of Baldwin County, sitting in equity, in which they alleged that they jointly held title in fee simple to the subject lands through various tax sales and other conveyances, and asked the court to quiet title in them. Specifically named as respondents to the in rem…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Arndt v. GriggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Assured Inv'rs Life Ins. Co. v. Nat. U. Assoc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1978
- A. B. C. Truck Lines, Inc. v. KenemerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
- Williams v. OvercastSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
- Baker v. Denniston-Boykin Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1944
3 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by12 opinions
- Shelton v. WrightSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
- Randolph County v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
- First Alabama Bank of Montgomery, N.A. v. Parsons Steel, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Hancock v. City of MontgomerySupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
- Morgan v. Lauderdale County Department of Pensions & SecurityCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1986
7 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.