Legal Opinion

J. F. Holley Construction Co. v. Brown Service Funeral Homes Co.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 5, 1964No. 6 Div. 86PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MERRILL, Justice.

Appeal from a judgment granting a: motion for a new trial.

Appellee sued appellant for damages for breach of a contract for the construction of a funeral home. The jury found for the appellant, and the trial court granted appel-lee’s motion for a new trial.

Appellee’s amended compaint consisted of Counts One and Two, which charged breach of a written contract, and Counts A and B, which charged breach of a contract partly written and partly oral.

The order granting the new trial was not rested on any specific ground. When so, the judgment granting the new trial must be sustained…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Parker v. Hayes Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1930
  2. Ingalls Steel Products Co. v. Foster & Creighton Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1932
  3. Harris v. SchmaelingSupreme Court of Alabama · 1960
  4. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. GormanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
  5. Wimberly v. DallasSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. American National Bank & Trust Co. of Mobile v. LongSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
  2. BENEFICIAL MANAGEMENT CORP., ETC. v. EvansSupreme Court of Alabama · 1982
  3. Harnischfeger Corporation v. HarrisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1966
  4. Lee v. MooreSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
  5. Bonds v. AkinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1969

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