Crawford v. Crawford’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Stead v. Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Alabama · 56 Ala. App. 426 - BOARD OF WATER AND SEWER COM'RS OF CITY OF MOBILE v. McDonald · Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners of City of Mobile v. McDonald
Most-quoted passages
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“[t]he purpose of the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure is to effect justice upon the merits of the claim and to renounce the technicality of procedure.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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