Best v. Yerkes

Decided May 9, 1956. G King Thompson wrote the opinion for the court.

77 N.W.2d 23 · Cited 116 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.

• Logan v. McMillen · 60 N.W.2d 498
• Wait v. Pierce · 191 Wis. 202
• Gustafson v. Johnson · 235 Minn. 358
• Dosland v. Preferred Risk Mutual Insurance · 242 Iowa 1220
• Union Stock Yards Co. v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad · 196 U.S. 217
• Goldman v. Mitchell-Fletcher Co. · 141 A. 231
• McFarlan v. Fowler Bank City Trust Co. · 12 N.E.2d 752
• Rozmajzl v. Northland Greyhound Lines · 242 Iowa 1135
• Ainsworth v. Berg · 35 N.W.2d 911
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Continental Casualty Co. · 264 Wis. 493
• Central States Electric Co. v. McVay · 5 N.W.2d 817
• Anstine v. Pennsylvania Railroad · 43 A.2d 109
• Weidert v. Monahan Post Legionnaire Club, Inc. · 51 N.W.2d 400
• Gross v. Hocker · 51 N.W.2d 466
• Tuhn v. Clark · 41 N.W.2d 13
• Chapman v. Dorsey · 230 Minn. 279
• Chapman v. Dorsey · 230 Minn. 279

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• Iowa Power and Light Co. v. Abild Construction Co. · 144 N.W.2d 303
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• Blunt v. Brown · 225 F. Supp. 326
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• Van Tiger v. Hendricks · 85 N.W.2d 543
• Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Whitehead & Kales Co. · 566 S.W.2d 466
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• Constantine v. Scheidel · 90 N.W.2d 10
• Brandt v. Howard Bell Olson & Fred Carlson Co. · 190 F. Supp. 683
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• Hubbard v. State · 163 N.W.2d 904
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• Montgomery v. Polk County · 278 N.W.2d 911
• Cage v. New York Central Railroad Company · 276 F. Supp. 778
• Wharff v. Iowa Methodist Hospital · 219 N.W.2d 18
• Olsen Ex Rel. Olsen v. Jones · 209 N.W.2d 64
• Boyle v. Burt · 179 N.W.2d 513

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