Estate of Bristol v. Young

Decided December 1, 1943. Roger J. Traynor wrote the opinion for the court.

23 Cal. 2d 221 · Cited 508 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.

• Estate of Patterson · 102 P. 941
• Griffiths v. Johnson · 195 P. 918
• Snowball v. Snowball · 107 P. 598
• Gorman v. Taylor · 250 P. 676
• In Re Estate of Barr · 230 P. 181
• In Re Estate of Johnson · 66 P. 847
• In re Estate of Kidder · 57 Cal. 282

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