Malmgren v. Southwestern Automobile Insurance

Decided April 13, 1927. Emmet Seawell wrote the opinion for the court.

255 P. 512 · Cited 64 times

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• Santa Rosa Bank v. Paxton · 86 P. 193
• Cordes v. Hammond · 203 P. 131

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• Hand v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 23 Cal. App. 4th 1847
• Griffith v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 230 Cal. App. 3d 59
• Wildman v. Government Employees Insurance Co. · 48 Cal. 2d 31
• Hughes v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. · 236 N.W.2d 870
• Hynding v. Home Accident Insurance · 7 P.2d 999
• Atlantic National Insurance v. Armstrong · 65 Cal. 2d 100
• Metz v. Universal Underwriters Insurance · 513 P.2d 922
• Superior Insurance v. Superior Court · 37 Cal. 2d 749
• Bonfils v. Pacific Automobile Insurance · 165 Cal. App. 2d 152
• Purefoy v. Pacific Automobile Indemnity Exchange · 5 Cal. 2d 81
• Quinlan v. Liberty Bank and Trust Co. · 575 So. 2d 336
• Hardenburgh v. Hardenburgh · 146 P.2d 151
• Valladao v. Fireman's Fund Indemnity Co. · 13 Cal. 2d 322
• Sanchez v. Truck Insurance Exchange · 21 Cal. App. 4th 1778
• Prudential Reinsurance Co. v. Superior Court · 842 P.2d 48
• Olds v. General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp. · 67 Cal. App. 2d 812
• State Ex Rel. Allen v. Second Judicial District Court · 245 P.2d 999
• Berschauer Phillips Construction Co. v. Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance · 175 Wash. App. 222
• San Diego Housing Commission v. Industrial Indemnity Co. · 116 Cal. Rptr. 2d 103
• Bias v. Ohio Farmers Indemnity Co. · 28 Cal. App. 2d 14
• Contreras v. America, Compania General De Seguros · 48 Cal. App. 3d 270
• California Fair Plan Ass'n v. Garnes · 11 Cal. App. 5th 1276
• Western MacHinery Co. v. Bankers Indemnity Insurance · 10 Cal. 2d 488

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