Southern Reporter, Volume 17West Publishing Company, 1895 - Law reports, digests, etc Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi, the Appellate Courts of Alabama and, Sept. 1928/Jan. 1929-Jan./Mar. 1941, the Courts of Appeal of Louisiana. |
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| Title | Southern Reporter, Volume 17 |
| Contributors | Alabama. Supreme Court, Florida. Supreme Court, Louisiana. Supreme Court, Mississippi. Supreme Court, Alabama. Court of Appeals, Louisiana. Courts of Appeal, West Publishing Company |
| Publisher | West Publishing Company, 1895 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 4 Aug 2007 |
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