State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Ellis v. Klaff

Decided March 15, 1950. Clement L. Shinn wrote the opinion for the court.

216 P.2d 15 · Cited 65 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.

Friedman v. Bergin · 22 Cal. 2d 535
Craig v. Zelian · 69 P. 853
Stockburger v. Dolan · 14 Cal. 2d 313
Seymour v. Oelrichs · 106 P. 88
Zellner v. Wassman · 193 P. 84
Miller & Lux Inc. v. Enter. Canal & Land Co. · 147 P. 567
Gibson v. De La Salle Institute · 66 Cal. App. 2d 609
Fritz v. Mills · 150 P. 375
Solorza v. Park Water Co. · 86 Cal. App. 2d 653
Crawford v. France · 27 P.2d 645
Blahnik v. Small Farms Improvement Co. · 184 P. 661
Lande v. Southern California Freight Lines · 85 Cal. App. 2d 416
Von Rohr v. Neely · 76 Cal. App. 2d 713
Enlow v. Irwin · 251 P. 658
Guardianship of Carlon · 43 Cal. App. 2d 204
Gruben v. Leebrick & Fisher, Inc. · 32 Cal. App. Supp. 2d 762
Estate of Rosenthal · 20 N.W.2d 643
Cooper v. Superior Court · 12 Cal. App. 2d 336
Patterson v. Beard · 288 N.W. 414
Austin v. Bullion · 246 P. 151
Rosenberg v. Deitrick · 37 F. Supp. 700

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