State Supreme Court / Cal.

Herbert v. Lankershim

Decided August 23, 1937. Emmet Seawell wrote the opinion for the court.

9 Cal. 2d 409 · Cited 157 times

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Precedents cited

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 Emerson · 167 P. 149
Austin v. Wilcoxson · 84 P. 417
Hume v. United States · 132 U.S. 406
Estate of Lances · 14 P.2d 768
Smellie v. Southern Pacific Co. · 299 P. 529
Cox v. Schnerr · 156 P. 509
Citti v. Bava · 266 P. 954
In Re Estate of Nutt · 185 P. 393
Ross v. Conway · 92 Cal. 632
Piercy v. Piercy · 124 P. 561
Firebaugh v. Burbank · 121 Cal. 186
Tower v. Humboldt Transit Co. · 169 P. 227
Langford v. San Diego Electric Railway Co. · 164 P. 398
Mead v. Mead · 182 P. 761
Wisler v. Tomb · 146 P. 876

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