Estate of Rath

Decided December 21, 1937. Emmet Seawell wrote the opinion for the court.

10 Cal. 2d 399 · Cited 74 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.

• Owens v. McNally · 113 Cal. 444
• McCabe v. Healy · 70 P. 1008
• In Re Estate of Miller · 195 P. 413
• Hardy v. Mayhew · 110 P. 113
• Estate of Rolls · 226 P. 608
• Luscomb v. Fintzelberg · 123 P. 247
• In Re Estate of Tooley · 149 P. 574
• Young Men's Christian Ass'n of Santa Cruz v. Chapman · 125 P. 1058
• Chesnut v. Chesnut · 151 A. 339
• Adams v. Prather · 167 P. 534
• Colburn v. Burlingame · 214 P. 226
• Estate of Parrott · 248 P. 248
• Riley v. Havens · 225 P. 275
• Estate of Brown · 236 P. 144
• Curdy v. Berton · 79 Cal. 420
• People v. Tombaugh · 303 Ill. 591
• Edwards v. Riley · 138 Cal. App. 162
• People v. Schaefer · 266 Ill. 334
• Grogan v. State Controller · 219 P. 87

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• Estate of Belknap · 66 Cal. App. 2d 644
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• Cranston v. Bodkin · 65 Cal. 2d 144
• Fluornoy v. Morse · 9 Cal. App. 3d 411
• Cory v. Ward · 106 Cal. App. 3d 631
• Stewart v. Flournoy · 12 Cal. App. 3d 1021
• Estate of Sisk · 12 Cal. App. 3d 1021
• Sears v. Rule · 27 Cal. 2d 131
• Estate of Radovich · 48 Cal. 2d 116
• Kirkwood v. Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n · 43 Cal. 2d 333
• Callnon v. Winrott · 70 Cal. 2d 150
• Kirkwood v. Rowell · 132 Cal. App. 2d 421
• Estate of Cox · 8 Cal. App. 3d 168
• Ashbauth v. Davis · 227 P.2d 954
• Estate of McLaughlin · 243 Cal. App. 2d 516
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