Estate of Lances

Decided September 23, 1932. John Wesley Shenk wrote the opinion for the court.

14 P.2d 768 · Cited 271 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 Morey v. Wells · 82 P. 57
• Estate of Shay · 237 P. 1079
• Smellie v. Southern Pacific Co. · 299 P. 529
• Estate of Caspar · 155 P. 631
• Estate of Sharon · 177 P. 283
• Perera v. Panama-Pacific International Exp. Co. · 175 P. 454
• Umsted v. Scofield Engineering Construction Co. · 263 P. 799
• Newson v. Hawley · 270 P. 364
• In Re the Estate of Arnold · 82 P. 262

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