MacPherson v. MacPherson

Decided April 10, 1939. William H. Waste wrote the opinion for the court.

13 Cal. 2d 271 · Cited 86 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.

• Weeks v. Superior Court · 203 P. 93
• O'Neill v. Thomas Day Co. · 92 P. 856
• Knoob v. Knoob · 218 P. 568
• Soderberg v. Soderberg · 219 P. 82
• Funfar v. Superior Court · 290 P. 626
• MacPherson v. Superior Court · 22 Cal. App. 2d 425

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