Legal Opinion

Ferguson v. Commercial Bank

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided February 15, 1991No. 89-1288Published

1Opinion of the Court

578 So.2d 1234 (1991)

Robert Myles FERGUSON and Nettie Mae Ferguson

v.

The COMMERCIAL BANK, et al.

89-1288.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

February 15, 1991.

Rehearing Denied April 5, 1991.

James Harvey Tipler of Tipler & Tipler, Andalusia, for appellants.

Christopher Lyle McIlwain of Hubbard, Waldrop, Reynolds, Davis & McIlwain, Tuscaloosa, for appellees.

SHORES, Justice.

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2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Link v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Wheeler v. First Ala. Bk. of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
  4. Dominex, Inc. v. KeySupreme Court of Alabama · 1984
  5. Saylor v. LindsleyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968

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