State Supreme Court / Cal.

Coverstone v. Davies

Decided January 25, 1952. Homer R. Spence wrote the opinion for the court.

38 Cal. 2d 315 · Cited 162 times

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Precedents cited

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.

White v. Towers · 37 Cal. 2d 727
Metter v. Los Angeles Examiner · 35 Cal. App. 2d 304
People v. Gonzales · 20 Cal. 2d 165
Ware v. Dunn · 80 Cal. App. 2d 936
Lawless v. Calaway · 24 Cal. 2d 81
Lashley v. Koerber · 26 Cal. 2d 83
Cave v. Cooley · 152 P.2d 886
Franzen v. Shenk · 221 P. 932
People v. Rochin · 101 Cal. App. 2d 140
Collins v. Owens · 77 Cal. App. 2d 713
Kaufman v. Brown · 93 Cal. App. 2d 508
Gomez v. Scanlan · 102 P. 12
McCurdy v. Hatfield · 30 Cal. 2d 492
Hill v. Day · 215 P.2d 219
State Ex Rel. Verdis v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York · 199 S.E. 884
Wilson v. Loustalot · 85 Cal. App. 2d 316
Garske v. United States · 1 F.2d 620
Peru v. United States · 4 F.2d 881
Rogers v. Smith · 17 Ind. 323

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