Browning v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc.

Decided October 29, 1937. James H. Wolfe wrote the opinion for the court.

72 P.2d 1060 · Cited 51 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.

• McMartin v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. · 190 N.E. 414
• Cretney v. Woodmen Accident Company · 196 Wis. 29
• United States Mutual Accident Ass'n v. Barry · 131 U.S. 100
• Bird v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance · 120 N.E. 86
• Silverstein v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 171 N.E. 914
• Van Vechten v. American Eagle Fire Insurance · 146 N.E. 432
• Ogilvie v. Aetna Life Insurance Co. · 209 P. 26
• Dietlin v. General American Life Insurance · 4 Cal. 2d 336
• Hill v. Great Northern Life Insurance · 57 P.2d 405
• First Nat. Bank v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. · 144 So. 451
• Goldstein v. . Standard Accident Ins. Co. · 140 N.E. 235
• Dietlin v. Missouri State Life Insurance · 14 P.2d 331
• Ewing v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States · 182 A. 369
• Williams v. General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp. · 144 Kan. 755
• American Insurance Union v. Wilson · 291 S.W. 417
• Keefe v. Fraternal Protective Insurance · 176 A. 305
• American Nat. Ins. Co. v. Briggs · 90 S.W.2d 602
• American National Ins. Co. v. Briggs · 70 S.W.2d 491
• People v. Redmond · 15 P.2d 188
• Irwin v. Travelers Insurance · 243 A.D. 377

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• Shields v. Hiram C. Gardner, Inc. · 444 P.2d 38
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• O'Neil v. New York Life Insurance · 152 P.2d 707
• Blackhurst v. Transamerica Insurance Co. · 699 P.2d 688
• Erikson v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company · 543 P.2d 841
• Handley v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York · 147 P.2d 319
• Christensen v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 443 P.2d 385
• Bennett v. Robinson's Medical Mart, Inc. · 417 P.2d 761
• Valente v. Commercial Insurance Co. of Newark, NJ · 236 A.2d 241
• Farmers Insurance Exchange v. Versaw · 2004 UT 73
• Viking Insurance Co. of Wisconsin v. Coleman · 927 P.2d 661
• Lee v. New York Life Ins. Co. · 82 P.2d 178
• Lawrence Construction Co. v. Holmquist · 642 P.2d 382
• Whitlock v. Old American Insurance Company · 442 P.2d 26
• Miles v. Continental Casualty Company · 386 P.2d 720
• DiEnes v. SAFECO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · 442 P.2d 468
• Cooper v. Foresters Underwriters, Inc. · 275 P.2d 675
• Tucker v. New York Life Ins. Co. · 155 P.2d 173

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