Finkler v. Purcell

Decided May 3, 1935. John W. Preston wrote the opinion for the court.

3 Cal. 2d 584 · Cited 68 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 Chevallier · 113 P. 130
• In Re Estate of Morcel · 121 P. 733
• Estate of Casarotti · 192 P. 1085
• Estate of Dolbeer · 86 P. 695
• Estate of Perkins · 235 P. 45
• Estate of Caspar · 155 P. 631
• Jenkins v. Anderson · 198 P. 407
• Estate of Sharon · 177 P. 283
• In Re Estate of Purcell · 128 P. 932
• In Re Estate of Baldwin · 123 P. 267
• Perera v. Panama-Pacific International Exp. Co. · 175 P. 454
• Collins v. Woodhams · 164 P. 1110
• Estate of Holloway · 235 P. 1012
• Whitten v. La Plante · 237 P. 744
• Estate of Bryson · 217 P. 525
• Estate of Presho · 238 P. 944
• In Re Estate of Cook · 160 P. 553
• King v. Borchard · 117 Cal. 288
• Estate of Fleming · 251 P. 637
• Sill v. Ceschi · 140 P. 949
• Jacobson v. Northwestern Pacific Railroad · 166 P. 3
• In Re Estate of Huston · 124 P. 852
• In Re Estate of Donovan · 299 P. 816
• Brown v. Nelson · 271 P. 559
• Estate v. Wikman · 84 P. 212

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