State Supreme Court / Ohio

Belden v. Union Central Life Ins.

Decided May 24, 1944. Edward Steele Bell wrote the opinion for the court.

55 N.E.2d 629 · Cited 165 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.

Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Walters · 294 U.S. 405
Poindexter v. Greenhow · 114 U.S. 270
Gray v. Central Florida Lumber Co. · 141 So. 604
Miami Home Milk Producers Asso. v. Milk Control Board · 169 So. 541
Pennsylvania Railroad v. Driscoll · 198 A. 130
Daly v. County of Madison · 38 N.E.2d 160
State ex rel. Woolsey v. Morgan · 138 Neb. 635
Max Factor & Co. v. Kunsman · 5 Cal. 2d 446
Matz v. J. L. Curtis Cartage Co. · 7 N.E.2d 220
State Ex Rel. Herbert v. Ferguson · 52 N.E.2d 980
State Ex Rel. Harper v. McDavid · 200 So. 100
Village of South Holland v. Stein · 26 N.E.2d 868
State Ex Rel. Davenport v. International Harvester Co. · 25 N.E.2d 242
Voeller v. Neilston Warehouse Co. · 26 N.E.2d 442
Glogger v. Bell · 200 So. 100

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Harrold v. Collier · 107 Ohio St. 3d 44
Eppley v. Tri-Valley Local School District Board of Education · 2009 Ohio 1970
Chambers v. St. Mary's School · 1998 Ohio 184
Smith v. Jones · 889 N.E.2d 141
Amoco Oil Co. v. Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Release Compensation Board · 89 Ohio St. 3d 477
City of Cleveland v. Posner · 188 Ohio App. 3d 421
Amoco Oil Co. v. Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Release Comp. Bd. · 2000 Ohio 224
State ex rel. Fair v. Canton · 2012 Ohio 779
State v. Spano · 2011 Ohio 6026
Holeton v. Crouse Cartage Co. · 92 Ohio St. 3d 115
Yajnik v. Akron Department of Health, Housing Division · 101 Ohio St. 3d 106
State v. Gill · 63 Ohio St. 3d 53
Strack v. Westfield Companies · 515 N.E.2d 1005
Ackison v. Anchor Packing Co. · 120 Ohio St. 3d 228
Ohio University Board of Trustees v. Smith · 724 N.E.2d 1155
Jaylin Investments, Inc. v. Village of Moreland Hills · 107 Ohio St. 3d 339
Oliver v. Feldner · 776 N.E.2d 499
City of Reading v. Public Utilities Commission · 109 Ohio St. 3d 193
In re D.S. (Slip Opinion) · 2017 Ohio 8289
Holeton v. Crouse Cartage Co. · 2001 Ohio 109
State v. Rexroad, Unpublished Decision (12-13-2005) · 2005 Ohio 6790

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