State Supreme Court / Cal.

Estate of Caspar

Decided February 18, 1916. Henry A. Melvin wrote the opinion for the court.

155 P. 631 · Cited 87 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.

Estate of Chevallier · 113 P. 130
In Re Estate of Baldwin · 123 P. 267
In Re the Estate of Arnold · 82 P. 262
In Re Estate of Higgins · 104 P. 6
Estate of Morey v. Wells · 82 P. 57
Young Men's Christian Ass'n of Santa Cruz v. Chapman · 125 P. 1058
Smith v. Henline · 174 Ill. 184
In re Estate of Flint · 100 Cal. 391
Sill v. Ceschi · 140 P. 949
In re the Estate of Carriger · 104 Cal. 81
Marron v. Marron · 125 P. 914

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