State Supreme Court / Cal.

Blethen v. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance

Decided February 1, 1926. Thomas J. Lennon wrote the opinion for the court.

243 P. 431 · Cited 67 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.

Spreckels v. Spreckels · 158 P. 537
Dargie v. Patterson · 169 P. 360
New York Life Insurance v. Bank of Italy · 214 P. 61
Jory v. Supreme Council American Legion of Honor · 105 Cal. 20
Roberts v. Wehmeyer · 218 P. 22
In Re Estate of Brix · 186 P. 135
In re Estate of Smith · 108 Cal. 115
Hoeft v. Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor · 113 Cal. 91
Winchester v. Winchester · 165 P. 965
In re the Estate of Dobbel · 104 Cal. 432
McDougald v. First Federal Trust Co. · 199 P. 11
Van Maren v. Johnson · 15 Cal. 308
In Re the Estate of Vogt · 98 P. 265

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In Re Marriage of O'Connell · 8 Cal. App. 4th 565
Grimm v. Grimm · 26 Cal. 2d 173
Tyre v. Aetna Life Insurance · 353 P.2d 725
Benson v. City of Los Angeles · 60 Cal. 2d 355
Cook v. Cook · 17 Cal. 2d 639
Stewart v. Stewart · 249 P. 197
Sullivan v. Union Oil Co. of Cal. · 16 Cal. 2d 229
Mutual Life Insurance of New York v. Franck · 9 Cal. App. 2d 528
Dixon Lumber Co. v. Peacock · 19 P.2d 233
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance v. Birkelund · 29 Cal. 2d 352
Harris v. Harris · 57 Cal. 2d 367
Potter v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance · 247 N.W. 669
Cranston v. Mendenhall · 182 Cal. App. 2d 441
Wissner v. Wissner · 89 Cal. App. 2d 759
Gaethje v. Gaethje · 441 P.2d 579
Mahony v. Crocker · 58 Cal. App. 2d 196
The Prudential Insurance Co. v. Beck · 39 Cal. App. 2d 355
Bazzell v. Endriss · 41 Cal. App. 2d 463
Gaethje v. Gaethje · 442 P.2d 870
Mayr v. Arana · 133 Cal. App. 2d 471
Martinez v. Hudson · 14 Cal. App. 2d 42
Boyd v. Curran · 166 F. Supp. 193
Levell v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 5 P.2d 430

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