SHORES, Justice.
We granted permission, pursuant to Rule 5, Ala.R.App.P., to appeal from a partial summary judgment entered for the defendant sellers in an action based on a contract for the sale of corporate stock. The judgment held that, as a matter of law, a liquidated damages clause in the agreement was a penalty and therefore void as against public policy. We reverse and remand.
The material facts are not disputed. Harold S. Sutton, M.D., and Roy T. Epperson...
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