State Supreme Court / Ind.

Cavanaugh v. Smith

Decided November 15, 1882. Byron K. Elliott wrote the opinion for the court.

84 Ind. 380 · Cited 52 times

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Muncey v. Joest · 74 Ind. 409
Beard v. Beard · 21 Ind. 321
Hume v. Conduitt · 76 Ind. 598
Scobey v. Ross · 13 Ind. 117
Waltz v. Borroway · 25 Ind. 380
Hawkins v. Hawkins' Administrator · 28 Ind. 66
Packard v. Mendenhall · 42 Ind. 598
Clark v. Shaw · 79 Ind. 164

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Little v. State · 90 Ind. 338
Nicholson v. Nicholson · 113 Ind. 131
Harman v. Moore · 112 Ind. 221
Thompson v. McCorkle · 136 Ind. 484
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Weiss v. Guerineau · 109 Ind. 438
Dobbins v. McNamara · 113 Ind. 54
Woods v. Brown · 93 Ind. 164
Faurote v. Carr · 108 Ind. 123
Cully v. Shirk · 131 Ind. 76
Emerick v. Miller · 159 Ind. 317
Meyer v. Wilson · 166 Ind. 651
Aramovich v. Doles · 195 N.E.2d 481
English v. Aldrich · 132 Ind. 500
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