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Davis v. Morris

Decided February 13, 1940. Rolfe Lyon Thompson wrote the opinion for the court.

37 Cal. App. 2d 269 · Cited 61 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.

Manford v. Singh · 181 P. 844
First National Bank of Dixon v. Spangler · 192 P. 874
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Russell · 292 S.W. 375
Michalek v. New Almaden Co., Inc. · 184 P. 56
Christie v. Commercial Casualty Insurance Co. · 6 Cal. App. 2d 710
Treat v. Murdock · 8 Cal. 2d 316

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