State Supreme Court / Cal.

Hamilton v. Pacific Electric Railway Co.

Decided January 24, 1939. Frederick W. Houser wrote the opinion for the court.

12 Cal. 2d 598 · Cited 97 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.

See v. North American Accident Insurance · 213 P. 42
Thompson v. Los Angeles & San Diego Beach Railway Co. · 134 P. 709
Russell v. McDowell · 83 Cal. 70
Rovegno v. San Jose Knights of Columbus Hall Ass'n · 291 P. 848
Jones v. Southern Pacific Co. · 239 P. 429
Owens v. Carmichael's U-Drive Autos, Inc. · 2 P.2d 580
Thomas v. Visalia Electric R.R. Co. · 147 P. 972
Estate of Moore · 223 P. 73
People v. Adams · 70 P. 662
People v. MacBeth · 286 P. 448

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