Estate of Baird

Decided February 16, 1924. William P. Lawlor wrote the opinion for the court.

223 P. 974 · Cited 94 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.

• In Re Estate of Baird · 160 P. 1078
• Estate of Baird · 188 P. 43
• Estate of Jones · 135 P. 288
• Gird v. Bennett · 108 P. 499
• Cebrian v. De Laveaga · 75 P. 790
• Allen v. Bryant · 100 P. 704
• Blythe v. Ayres · 96 Cal. 532
• In Re McGrew · 190 P. 804
• Brett v. S.H. Frank Company · 124 P. 437
• Wallace v. Sisson · 114 Cal. 42
• McNamara v. McNamara · 183 P. 552
• In Re the Guardianship of Coburn · 131 P. 352
• Young v. Southern Pacific Co. · 210 P. 259
• Learned v. Castle · 78 Cal. 454
• In re Estate of Sanderson · 74 Cal. 199
• Fowden v. Pacific Coast Steamship Co. · 86 P. 178
• Emeric v. Alvarado · 90 Cal. 444
• Estate of Emerson · 167 P. 149
• Estate of Benton · 63 P. 775
• Emerson v. Yosemite Gold Mining & Milling Co. · 85 P. 122
• Burns v. Jackson · 200 P. 80
• Otten v. Spreckels · 191 P. 11
• In re the Estate of Cook · 83 Cal. 415
• Gage v. Downey · 94 Cal. 241
• Ellis v. Witmer · 83 P. 800

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• Estate of Griswold · 24 P.3d 1191
• Estate of Baird · 246 P. 324
• Doner-Griswold v. See · 25 Cal. 4th 904
• In Re Richard M. · 537 P.2d 363
• Gavin v. Protestant Episcopal Bishop · 21 P.2d 579
• Wells v. Lloyd · 21 Cal. 2d 452
• Baird v. Superior Court · 268 P. 640
• Estate of Abate · 166 Cal. App. 2d 282
• People v. Mitchell · 96 Cal. Rptr. 2d 401
• Estate of Baird · 231 P. 744
• Marlow v. Kirsch · 166 Cal. App. 2d 282
• Darwin v. Ganger · 174 Cal. App. 2d 63
• Adoption of Pierce · 15 Cal. App. 3d 244
• Guardianship of Truschke · 237 Cal. App. 2d 75
• Truschke v. La Rocca · 237 Cal. App. 2d 75
• Serway v. Galentine · 75 Cal. App. 2d 86
• Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n v. Superior Court · 220 Cal. App. 3d 613
• Weaver v. Shell Company · 34 Cal. App. 2d 713
• Estate of Britel v. Britel · 236 Cal. App. 4th 127
• Herbert v. Cassinelli · 73 Cal. App. 2d 277
• People v. Mitchell · 81 Cal. App. 4th 132
• People v. Barragan · 83 P.3d 480
• Richfield Oil Corp. v. State Board of Equalization · 329 U.S. 69
• People v. Shuey · 533 P.2d 211
• In Re Spencer W. · 48 Cal. App. 4th 1647

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