Perkins v. Sunset Tel. and Tel. Co.

Decided June 21, 1909. Henry A. Melvin wrote the opinion for the court.

103 P. 190 · Cited 85 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.

• Kaltschmidt v. Weber · 79 P. 272
• People v. Durrant · 116 Cal. 179
• People v. Suesser · 75 P. 1093
• People v. Willard · 89 P. 124
• Martin v. Southern Pacific Co. · 62 P. 515
• Batten v. State · 80 Ind. 394
• State v. Seymour · 94 Iowa 699

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