State Supreme Court / Pa.

Phillips's Estate

Decided December 5, 1928. Alexander Simpson Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

145 A. 437 · Cited 50 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.

Class & Nachod Brewing Co. v. Giacobello · 277 Pa. 530
Haughton v. Aetna Life Insurance · 165 Ind. 32
Spangler's Estate · 126 A. 252
Strain v. Kern · 277 Pa. 209
Clarkson v. Crawford · 132 A. 350
Guppy v. Moltrup · 126 A. 766
Battis v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. · 124 Iowa 623
Skruch v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 131 A. 186
Investor's Realty Co. v. Harrisburg · 126 A. 236
Spector v. Northwestern Fire and Marine Ins. Co. · 132 A. 531
Cleveland Worsted Mills Co. v. Myers-Jolesch Co. · 266 Pa. 309

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Phillips's Estate · 149 A. 719
Clark's Estate · 154 A. 919
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