Gavin v. Protestant Episcopal Bishop

Decided April 18, 1933. William H. Langdon wrote the opinion for the court.

21 P.2d 579 · Cited 117 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 Baird · 223 P. 974
• Gird v. Bennett · 108 P. 499
• In Re Clark · 110 P. 828
• Blythe v. Ayres · 96 Cal. 532
• Estate of Jones · 135 P. 288
• In Re Estate of Heaton · 67 P. 321
• Estate of Lances · 14 P.2d 768
• Smellie v. Southern Pacific Co. · 299 P. 529
• McNamara v. McNamara · 183 P. 552
• 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
• Diamond v. Weyerhaeuser · 174 P. 38
• Newson v. Hawley · 270 P. 364
• Cebrian v. De Laveaga · 75 P. 790
• In Re Estate of Hartman · 107 P. 105
• Topley v. Zeeman · 13 P.2d 666
• Jackson v. Feather River & Gibsonville Water Co. · 14 Cal. 18
• Bannister v. Los Angeles Ry. Corp. · 264 P. 756

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