Lawrence v. Gayetty

Decided January 15, 1889. John D. Works wrote the opinion for the court.

78 Cal. 126 · Cited 70 times

Authorship attributed by a unique court + date + surname match against our roster (CourtListener recorded no author id for this opinion); verify against the official text. How we match.

Official text

Read the full opinion (CourtListener)

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

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.

• Welshbillig v. Dienhart · 65 Ind. 94
• Capuro v. Builders' Insurance · 39 Cal. 123

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• Lavely v. Nonemaker · 298 P. 976
• Lasher v. Faw · 289 P. 821
• Ampuero v. Luce · 68 Cal. App. 2d 811
• Schott v. Schott · 143 P. 595
• Rheingans v. Smith · 119 P. 494
• Promis v. Duke · 281 P. 613
• Ivancovich v. Sullivan · 307 P.2d 989
• Borden v. Boyvin · 55 Cal. App. 2d 432
• Norby v. Pister · 114 Cal. App. 2d 510
• Abel v. O'Hearn · 97 Cal. App. 2d 747
• Matteson v. Wagoner · 82 P. 436
• Johnson v. Clark · 7 Cal. 2d 529
• Connelly v. State of California · 3 Cal. App. 3d 744
• International Realty Associates, Inc. v. McAdoo · 87 Fla. 1
• Union FM v. Southern Cal. FM · 10 Cal. 2d 671
• Church of the Merciful Saviour v. Volunteers of America, Inc. · 184 Cal. App. 2d 851
• Douglass v. Douglass · 199 Okla. 519
• Dale v. Dale · 262 P. 339
• Shaw v. Caldwell · 115 P. 941
• Briggs v. Crawford · 121 P. 381
• Hall v. Citizens National Trust & Savings Bank · 53 Cal. App. 2d 625
• Downing v. Rademacher · 65 P. 385
• Estate of Claussenius · 96 Cal. App. 2d 600
• Cox v. Klatte · 29 Cal. App. 2d 150
• Mitchell v. California-Pacific Title Insurance · 248 P. 1035

Explore from here

John D. Works’s Judicial Record · Cal. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).