Rowen v. Le Mars Mut. Ins. Co. of Iowa

Decided September 19, 1979. Clay LeGrand wrote the opinion for the court.

282 N.W.2d 639 · Cited 76 times

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• Holden v. Construction MacHinery Company · 202 N.W.2d 348
• Holi-Rest, Inc. v. Treloar · 217 N.W.2d 517
• Young v. City of Des Moines · 262 N.W.2d 612
• Chadek v. Alberhasky · 111 N.W.2d 297
• Schildberg Rock Products Co. v. Brooks · 140 N.W.2d 132
• Briggs v. Spaulding · 141 U.S. 132
• American Timber & Trading Co. v. Niedermeyer · 558 P.2d 1211
• Gord v. Iowana Farms Milk Co. · 60 N.W.2d 820
• Gabriel Industries, Inc. v. Defiance Industries, Inc. · 22 N.Y.2d 405
• Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. v. Gove · 303 Mass. 1
• Rowen v. LeMars Mutual Insurance Co. of Iowa · 230 N.W.2d 905
• Patton v. Nicholas · 279 S.W.2d 848
• Miller v. Miller · 222 N.W.2d 71
• Southwest Virginia Hospitals, Inc. v. Lipps · 193 Va. 191
• Charles v. Epperson & Company · 137 N.W.2d 605
• Kerrigan v. Unity Savings Association · 317 N.E.2d 39
• Porter v. Healy · 91 A. 428
• Doyle v. Union Insurance · 277 N.W.2d 36
• In Re Smith's Will · 60 N.W.2d 866
• Hoyt v. Hampe · 214 N.W. 718
• General Automotive Manufacturing Co. v. Singer · 19 Wis. 2d 528
• Tschirgi v. Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids · 113 N.W.2d 226
• Higbee v. Walsh · 294 N.W. 597
• Modern Heat & Power Co. v. Bishop Steamotor Corp. · 34 N.W.2d 581

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• Lee C. Ritchie v. Ann Caldwell Rupe, as Trustee for the Dallas Gordon Rupe, III 1995 Family Trust · 443 S.W.3d 856
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• Abbey Fry v. Andrew Blauvelt D/B/A Bluefield Trust Construction · 818 N.W.2d 123
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