Baar v. Smith

Decided April 20, 1927. John W. Preston wrote the opinion for the court.

255 P. 827 · Cited 66 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Long v. Superior Court of San Francisco · 102 Cal. 449
• Windsor v. McVeigh · 93 U.S. 274
• Ex Parte Reed · 100 U.S. 13
• Zappettini v. Buckles · 138 P. 696
• Crescent Lumber Co. v. Larson · 135 P. 502
• Jacobsen v. Superior Court · 219 P. 986
• Foster v. Superior Court · 115 Cal. 279
• Stewart v. Superior Court of San Diego Cty. · 100 Cal. 543
• Mark v. Superior Court · 61 P. 436
• Halsted v. First Savings Bank · 160 P. 1075
• Tonningsen v. Odd Fellows' Cemetery Ass'n · 213 P. 710
• Freeman v. Donohoe · 204 P. 593
• Rohrbacher v. Superior Court · 78 P. 22
• Simmons v. Simmons · 137 P. 20
• Noonan v. Nunan · 76 Cal. 44
• Rogers v. Riverside Land & Irrigating Co. · 64 P. 95
• United States Fidelity Etc. Co. v. More · 101 P. 302
• McKesson v. Hepp · 217 P. 802

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• Marshall v. SUPERIOR COURT, MARICOPA CTY. · 641 P.2d 867
• In Re Ringgold · 48 Cal. Rptr. 3d 507
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• Estate of Pieper · 224 Cal. App. 2d 670
• Callnon v. Callnon · 7 Cal. App. 2d 676
• Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance v. Western Pacific Roofing Corp. · 89 Cal. Rptr. 2d 1
• Vuckan v. McCormick · 224 Cal. App. 2d 670
• Bandini Petroleum Co. v. Superior Court, Los Angeles Cty. · 284 U.S. 8
• Kirk v. Culley · 261 P. 994
• Greenfield v. Mather · 32 Cal. 2d 23
• Serrano v. STEFAN MERLI PLASTERING CO. · 76 Cal. Rptr. 3d 559
• Miller v. Peters · 37 Cal. 2d 89
• Freeman v. Gray-Cowan, Inc. · 25 P.2d 415
• Smith v. Smith · 18 Cal. 2d 462
• Kupfer v. Brawner · 19 Cal. 2d 562
• Tarien v. Katz · 15 P.2d 493
• Lorraine v. Lorraine · 8 Cal. App. 2d 687
• Liuzza v. Bell · 40 Cal. App. 2d 417
• McAllister v. Union Indemnity Co. · 2 Cal. 2d 457
• Hatch v. Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n · 182 Cal. App. 2d 206
• Henderson v. Miglietta · 273 P. 581
• Coutts v. Grant · 184 Cal. App. 2d 255
• Howard v. Howard · 128 Cal. App. 2d 180
• California Delta Farms, Inc. v. Chinese American Farms, Inc. · 269 P. 443
• Hendershott v. Shipman · 231 P.2d 481

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