Peters v. Banta

Decided September 20, 1889. John G. Berkshire wrote the opinion for the court.

120 Ind. 416 · Cited 54 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.

• Stockwell v. State ex rel. Johnson · 101 Ind. 1
• Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago Railway Co. v. Bush · 101 Ind. 582
• Krutz v. Howard · 70 Ind. 174
• Ruffing v. Tilton · 12 Ind. 259
• Sims v. Dame · 113 Ind. 127
• Walker v. Heller · 73 Ind. 46
• Chapell v. Shuee · 117 Ind. 481
• Musselman v. Manly · 42 Ind. 462
• Spraker v. Armstrong · 79 Ind. 577
• Trentman v. Fletcher · 100 Ind. 105
• Jones v. Baird · 76 Ind. 164
• Hunter v. Fitzmaurice · 102 Ind. 449
• Reno v. Tyson · 24 Ind. 56
• Mansur v. Streight · 103 Ind. 358
• Hamrick v. Danville & North Salem Gravel Road Co. · 41 Ind. 170

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• Crenshaw v. Alabama Freight, Inc. · 252 So. 2d 33
• Greenberg v. LEE · 248 P.2d 324
• Baldwin v. Sutton · 148 Ind. 591
• Michigan Cent. R.R. Co. v. Spindler, Admr. · 5 N.E.2d 632
• State Ex Rel. Flaherty and Nye v. Ermston, Spec. J. · 197 N.E. 908
• Nichols v. State · 127 Ind. 406
• Bowen v. Swander · 121 Ind. 164
• Big Creek Stone Co. v. Seward · 144 Ind. 205
• Old v. Mohler · 122 Ind. 594
• Citizens' Street Railroad v. Willoeby · 134 Ind. 563
• Bedford Belt Railway Co. v. Brown · 142 Ind. 659
• Pouder v. Tate · 132 Ind. 327
• Bird v. St. John's Episcopal Church of Elkhart · 154 Ind. 138
• Laycock v. State · 36 N.E. 137
• State ex rel. Julian v. Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners · 170 Ind. 133
• Loeb v. Tinkler · 124 Ind. 331
• Singer v. Tormoehlen · 150 Ind. 287
• Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance v. Firemen's Mutual Insurance · 148 A. 135
• Lewis v. Rowland · 131 Ind. 37
• Ellis v. City of Indianapolis · 148 Ind. 70
• Griffith v. Dickerman · 123 Ind. 247
• Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Shea · 174 Ind. 303

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