State Supreme Court / Wash.

Hamlin v. Merlino

Decided June 17, 1954. Robert Corpening Finley wrote the opinion for the court.

272 P.2d 125 · Cited 63 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.

E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co. v. Garrison · 124 P.2d 939
Juhasz v. Juhasz · 16 N.E.2d 328
Warner v. Warner · 235 Ill. 448
State Ex Rel. Van Moss v. Sailors · 39 P.2d 397
Mines v. Phee · 254 Ill. 60
In Re Binge's Estate · 105 P.2d 689
Berol v. Berol · 223 P.2d 1055
In Re the Estate of Witte · 150 P.2d 595
Hanley v. Most · 115 P.2d 933
Estate of Dougherty v. Miller · 176 P.2d 335
Burch v. Rice · 222 P.2d 847
Beakley v. City of Bremerton · 105 P.2d 40
In Re Dewey's Estate · 124 P.2d 805
Stephens v. Nelson · 221 P.2d 520

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In Re the Marriage of Lindemann · 960 P.2d 966
In Re Merlino's Estate · 294 P.2d 941
In Re the Marriage of Matson · 730 P.2d 668
In re the Marriage of Bernard · 165 Wash. 2d 895
In re the Marriage of Mueller · 140 Wash. App. 498
In Re the Estate of Crawford · 730 P.2d 675
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Abel v. Abel · 289 P.2d 724
In Re Estate of Haviland · 255 P.3d 854
Finch v. Wieder · 170 Wash. App. 631
Estate of Madsen v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue · 650 P.2d 196
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Nelson v. Nelson · 560 P.2d 1276
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Borghi v. Gilroy · 141 Wash. App. 294

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