Legal Opinion

Gordon v. Gorman

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided August 5, 1983No. 81-859PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The plaintiff, Gordon, brought this action, on a creditor's bill, against the debtor, Gorman, and two mortgage holders, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and National Bank of Commerce of Birmingham. After an ore tenus hearing, the trial court entered judgment against the plaintiff. We affirm.

We examine the judgment below and the evidence in light of the ore tenus rule, where every presumption is indulged in favor of the trial court's judgment. Martin v. Slayton,428 So.2d 23, 25 (Ala. 1983); Shepherd Realty v. Winn-Dixie Montgomery, 418 So.2d 871, 874 (Ala. 1982).

The judgment reads as…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Smith v. WilderSupreme Court of Alabama · 1960
  2. Roddam v. MartinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
  3. Shepherd Realty Co., Inc. v. Winn-Dixie Montgomery, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1982
  4. Adler v. Interstate Trust & Banking Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1933
  5. Taylor v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Haas v. Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
  2. United States v. GlascockDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1986
  3. United States v. Haas (In Re Haas)District Court, S.D. Alabama · 1993
  4. Haas v. Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
  5. Rush v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1985

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