Hobart v. Hobart Estate Co.

Decided May 29, 1945. Homer R. Spence wrote the opinion for the court.

26 Cal. 2d 412 · Cited 327 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.

• Seeger v. Odell · 18 Cal. 2d 409
• Consolidated Reservoir & Power Co. v. Scarborough · 16 P.2d 268
• Victor Oil Co. v. Drum · 193 P. 243
• Knapp v. Knapp · 15 Cal. 2d 237
• Bainbridge v. Stoner · 16 Cal. 2d 423
• The Edward Barron Estate Co. v. the Woodruff Co. · 126 P. 351
• French v. Freeman · 217 P. 515
• Phelps v. Grady · 141 P. 926
• American Trust Co. v. California Western States Life Insurance · 15 Cal. 2d 42
• Neff v. Engler · 271 P. 744
• Shearer v. Cooper · 21 Cal. 2d 695
• Edwards v. Sergi · 30 P.2d 541
• Maguire v. Hibernia Savings & Loan Society · 23 Cal. 2d 719
• Wood v. Carpenter · 101 U.S. 135
• Beeler v. American Trust Co. · 24 Cal. 2d 1
• Smith v. Whittier · 95 Cal. 279
• Sheehan v. Sullivan · 58 P. 543
• Stromerson v. Averill · 22 Cal. 2d 808
• Harris v. Miller · 235 P. 981
• Teague v. Hall · 154 P. 851
• Shain v. Sresovich · 104 Cal. 402
• Northwestern Portland Cement Co. v. Atlantic Portland Cement Co. · 163 P. 47
• Del Campo v. Camarillo · 98 P. 1049
• Davis v. Rite-Lite Sales Co. · 8 Cal. 2d 675
• Divani v. Donovan · 6 P.2d 247

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• Horrell v. Santa Fe Tank & Tower Co. · 117 Cal. App. 2d 114
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• Vega v. Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue · 17 Cal. Rptr. 3d 26
• Scafidi v. Western Loan & Building Co. · 72 Cal. App. 2d 550
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• Pedro v. City of Los Angeles · 229 Cal. App. 4th 87
• Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n v. Greenbach · 98 Cal. App. 2d 220
• Hayward Union High School District v. Madrid · 234 Cal. App. 2d 100
• National Automobile & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Payne · 261 Cal. App. 2d 403
• Gross v. Needham · 184 Cal. App. 2d 446
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• Berven Carpets Corp. v. Davis · 210 Cal. App. 2d 206
• Wilson v. Wilson · 199 Cal. App. 2d 542
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