Smith v. Fortune Ins. Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Degelos v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. · 327 So. 2d 193 - Hunt v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company · Mary Helen Delong Chumbler, Widow of Raymond Clyde Chumbler, Jr., Etc. v. Alabama Power Company · 105 So. 2d 28 - Rubin v. Kapell
Most-quoted passages
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“need not be named in the pleadings in opposition to the party calling him, to be called an adverse party witness. (citation omitted)... . the test is whether the party sought to be called "occupied an adverse position toward" the party seeking to call him (citation omitted) and could have been named as a party.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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