Merrill v. Merrill

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “[n]o-tice does have influence on the question of laches”
• stating that the doctrine of laches does not depend on any particular period of time, \but is a principle of good conscience dependent upon the facts of each case\
• noting that ‘absence of notice’ does not control the application of the rule, and that ‘[n]otice does have influence on the question of laches, but not on [repose]’
• stating that the doctrine of laches does not depend on any particular period of time, “but is a principle of good conscience dependent upon the facts of each case”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ex Parte Liberty Nat. Life Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2002-01-18· cited 127×
• Ex Parte Jenkins
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1998-07-17· cited 76×
• Spain v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2003-06-30· cited 60×
• Falkner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1991-06-28· cited 45×
• Ex Parte Liberty Nat. Life Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2003-03-14· cited 33×
• Ballenger v. Liberty National Life Insurance Company
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1960-05-19· cited 22×
• Touchstone v. Peterson
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1983-12-02· cited 21×
• Eatman v. Goodson
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1954-11-04· cited 18×
• Multer v. Multer
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1966-12-08· cited 14×
• Davis v. Thomaston
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1983-01-03· cited 10×
• McDurmont v. Crenshaw
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1986-04-25· cited 6×
• Grayson v. Allen
  M.D. Alabama· 2007-05-21· cited 5×
• Williams v. Kitchens
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1954-08-30· cited 5×
• Godwin Enterprises, Inc. v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1988-12-30· cited 3×
• Robertson v. Robertson
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2014-08-15· cited 2×
• Waterman Steamship Corporation v. McGill Institute
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1961-12-21· cited 2×
• Roden v. Walker
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1988-10-28· cited 2×
• State ex rel. C.T.G. v. M.A.B.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1998-07-17· cited 1×
• Morgan v. Exxon Corp.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2003-06-13· cited 1×
• Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc. v. Jordan
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2016-02-12

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ellis v. Stickney
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1949-10-06· cited 36×
• Clipper v. Gordon
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1950-01-19· cited 19×
• Atkins v. Atkins
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1949-11-10· cited 17×