Peterson v. Logan

Decided November 12, 1940. Jesse W. Curtis Sr. wrote the opinion for the court.

16 Cal. 2d 573 · Cited 123 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.

• Estate of Sexton · 251 P. 778
• Estate of Perkins · 235 P. 45
• Estate of Shay · 237 P. 1079
• Fisher v. Security Trust & Savings Bank · 259 P. 755
• Estate of Lances · 14 P.2d 768
• Gavin v. Protestant Episcopal Bishop · 21 P.2d 579
• Perkins v. Perkins · 116 Iowa 253
• Estate of Chevallier · 113 P. 130
• Jenkins v. Anderson · 198 P. 407
• Card v. Boms · 291 P. 190
• Estate of Baird · 168 P. 561
• Wilson v. McConnachie · 117 Cal. 262
• In Re Estate of Relph · 221 P. 361
• In Re Estate of Purcell · 128 P. 932
• Estate of Ricks · 117 P. 532
• Estate of Gleason · 130 P. 872
• Umsted v. Scofield Engineering Construction Co. · 263 P. 799
• In Re Estate of Carithers · 105 P. 127
• Russell v. Russell · 210 P. 249
• Estate of Keegan · 72 P. 828
• Newson v. Hawley · 270 P. 364
• Estate of Presho · 238 P. 944
• Estate of Jones · 135 P. 288
• Brown v. Nelson · 271 P. 559
• Dixon v. Eckenroth · 140 Cal. App. 367

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