Miller, Etc. v. Ortman, Etc.

Decided July 12, 1956. Harold E. Achor wrote the opinion for the court.

136 N.E.2d 17 · Cited 103 times

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• Jackson v. Stanfield · 137 Ind. 592
• Donahue v. Permacel Tape Corp. · 127 N.E.2d 235
• Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. Creek · 130 Ind. 139
• Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Co. v. Conoyer · 149 Ind. 524
• Wainwright v. P. H. & F. M. Roots Co. · 176 Ind. 682
• Armacost v. Lindley · 116 Ind. 295
• Stoner v. Howard Sober, Inc. · 118 N.E.2d 504
• Newman v. Newman · 48 N.E.2d 455
• Brown v. Brown · 187 N.E. 836
• Smith v. SMITH · 115 N.E.2d 217
• Sacre v. Victor L. Sacre People's Savings Bank · 143 Me. 80
• Kennerson v. Burbank Amusement Co. · 120 Cal. App. 2d 157
• Long v. Archer · 46 N.E.2d 818
• Angola State Bank v. State Ex Rel. Sanders · 52 N.E.2d 620
• Byrum v. Wise, Receiver · 24 N.E.2d 1006
• McCoy v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. of Indiana, Inc. · 111 N.E.2d 728
• United Fuel Gas Co. v. Hallahan · 257 U.S. 277
• Holmes v. McPheeters · 149 Ind. 587
• Gulick v. Connely · 42 Ind. 134
• Schurr v. Weaver · 53 N.W.2d 290

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