Legal Opinion
Kansas City Bridge Co. v. Alabama State Bridge Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 1, 1932No. 6524PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the Kansas Cilv Bridge Company, a corporation under the laws of Kansas, from a judgment final on demurrer in an action by it against the Alabama State Bridge Corporation for extra work and labor done on a bridge across the Tennessee river, which was constructed to connect up a public highway belonging to the state of Alabama. The grounds of the demurrer were that the suit was one against the state, and could not be maintained because the state, under its Constil ution, cannot he sued.
The Alabama State Bridge Corporation was organized pursuant to…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Atkin v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Fitts v. McGheeSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Clallam County v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Alabama State Bridge Corporation v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
- Alabama Girls' Industrial School v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1904
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Hunkin-Conkey Const. Co. v. Pennsylvania Turnpike CommissionDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1940
- Barlowe v. Employers Ins. Co. of AlabamaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
- State Tax Commission v. Commercial Realty Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1938
- Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. White's EstateCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
- Fowler v. California Toll-Bridge AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1942
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