Legal Opinion

Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Casualty Insurance v. Hicks

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided September 21, 1961No. 7 Div. 528PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAWSON, Justice.

James A. Hicks sued Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Casualty Insurance Company, Inc., in the Circuit Court of Etowah County on a policy of automobile insurance.

The cause was tried before the court without a jury. There was a judgment in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $350.

The defendant insurance company appealed to the Court of Appeals, where the judgment of the Circuit Court was affirmed.

We granted certiorari to review the opinion and judgment of the Court of Appeals in response to a petition filed by the insurance company.

The insurance company defended the suit in the trial…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Washington Nat. Ins. Co. v. ScottSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935
  2. Inter-Ocean Insurance Company v. BanksSupreme Court of Alabama · 1958
  3. Forrester v. State Farm Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1958

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Safeco Ins. Co. of America v. SimsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
  2. Van Hulle v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1969
  3. Progressive Casualty Insurance v. EhrhardtCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1986
  4. American Cas. Co. v. WrightSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
  5. DeTemple v. Southern InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1987

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