· 2/27/1975
Orton v. Cheatham
Citations
- 309 So. 2d 94
- 293 Ala. 639
- 1975 Ala. LEXIS 1099
How courts have described this case
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- “[T]he court first assuming jurisdiction of a cause ... must be allowed to pursue and exercise its jurisdiction to the exclusion of all coordinate tribunals.”
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Judges: Shores, Heflin, Merrill, Maddox, Jones
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