Eatman v. Goodson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the basic principle of prescription is not the mere lapse of time, but the lapse of time within which no recognition of a subsisting and continuing right or obligation appears
• observing Merrill `repudiated' the belief `that lack of notice would prevent the running of the prescriptive period'

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Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Boshell v. Keith
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1982-07-30· cited 217×
• Spain v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2003-06-30· cited 60×
• Ex Parte Liberty Nat. Life Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2003-03-14· cited 33×
• Ex Parte Grubbs
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1989-03-03· cited 32×
• Salter v. Hamiter
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2004-02-20· cited 30×
• Ballenger v. Liberty National Life Insurance Company
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1960-05-19· cited 22×
• Owens v. Bank of Brewton
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1974-10-16· cited 11×
• McDurmont v. Crenshaw
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1986-04-25· cited 6×
• Walden v. Walden
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1958-06-05· cited 5×
• McCary v. Crumpton
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1958-06-05· cited 5×
• Cherry v. Mazzone
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1990-09-21· cited 4×
• Compass Bank v. Richerson
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1998-04-03· cited 4×
• Compass Bank v. Richerson
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1998-09-25· cited 3×
• Harrison v. Alabama Forever Wild Land Trust
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2008-08-22· cited 2×
• Grubbs v. Alabama State Bar
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1989-03-03· cited 2×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hendley v. First Nat. Bank of Huntsville
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1937-10-07· cited 33×
• Rhodes v. Turner
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1852-06-15· cited 27×
• Merrill v. Merrill
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1954-03-04· cited 25×
• Moss v. Davitt
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1951-05-10· cited 19×
• Eatman v. Goodson
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1951-11-20· cited 10×
• Case v. Conservation & Land Co.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1951-05-24· cited 10×
• Eatman v. Goodson
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1952-03-13· cited 6×

Other cases named Eatman v. Goodson

4 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Eatman v. Goodson
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1951-11-20· cited 10×
• Eatman v. Goodson
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1952-03-13· cited 6×
• Eatman v. Goodson
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1951-11-20· cited 1×
• Eatman v. Goodson
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1952-03-13