Penziner v. West American Finance Co.

Decided November 24, 1937. Jesse W. Curtis Sr. wrote the opinion for the court.

10 Cal. 2d 160 · Cited 147 times

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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.

• Beneficial Loan Society, Ltd. v. Haight · 11 P.2d 857
• Ewell v. Daggs · 108 U.S. 143
• Krause v. Rarity · 293 P. 62
• Holden v. Minnesota · 137 U.S. 483
• Wallace v. Zinman · 254 P. 946
• United Dredging Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission · 284 P. 922
• Moss v. Smith · 155 P. 90
• Smith v. Mathews · 103 P. 199
• Mack v. Jastro · 58 P. 372
• Sponogle v. Curnow · 69 P. 255
• McEwen v. New York Life Insurance · 201 P. 577
• Anderson v. Byrnes · 122 Cal. 272
• Otten v. Spreckels · 191 P. 11
• Carter v. Stevens · 284 P. 217
• Westerfeld v. New York Life Ins. Co. · 107 P. 699
• Liebelt v. Carney · 2 P.2d 144
• Newport v. Hatton · 279 P. 134
• Grall v. San Diego Building & Loan Ass'n · 15 P.2d 797
• Gardiner v. Bank of Napa · 117 P. 667
• Harris v. Cooley · 152 P. 300
• T. L. Reed Co. v. Kruse · 29 P.2d 856
• People v. Bank of San Luis Obispo · 112 P. 866
• State v. Conkling · 19 Cal. 501
• Boggs v. Fowler & Hargrave · 16 Cal. 559
• Kaysser v. McNaughton · 6 Cal. 2d 248

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• California Building Industry Ass'n. v. Governing Board of Newhall School District · 206 Cal. App. 3d 212
• Metropolitan Water District v. Dorff · 98 Cal. App. 3d 109
• Buck v. Dahlgren · 23 Cal. App. 3d 779
• Bisno v. Kahn · 225 Cal. App. 4th 1087
• Ghirardo v. Antonioli · 883 P.2d 960
• People v. Valencia · 220 Cal. Rptr. 3d 230
• Garcia v. McCutchen · 16 Cal. 4th 469
• Sacramento Newspaper Guild, Local 92 v. Sacramento County Board of Supervisors · 263 Cal. App. 2d 41
• Cal. Drive-In Restaurant Assn. v. Clark · 22 Cal. 2d 287
• Professional Engineers in California Government v. Kempton · 40 Cal. 4th 1016
• People v. Acosta · 52 P.3d 624
• Thurman v. Bayshore Transit Management, Inc. · 203 Cal. App. 4th 1112
• Manufacturers Life Insurance v. Superior Court · 895 P.2d 56
• Kennedy Wholesale, Inc. v. State Board of Equalization · 806 P.2d 1360
• Hays v. Wood · 603 P.2d 19
• Western Oil & Gas Ass'n v. Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District · 777 P.2d 157
• Droeger v. Friedman, Sloan & Ross · 812 P.2d 931
• Board of Supervisors v. Lonergan · 616 P.2d 802
• Wells v. Lloyd · 21 Cal. 2d 452

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