Sappenfield v. Main Street & Agricultural Park Railroad

Decided September 5, 1891. Ralph C. Harrison wrote the opinion for the court.

91 Cal. 48 · Cited 98 times

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• Lake Shore & Michigan Southern R. W. Co. v. McCormick · 74 Ind. 440
• Ferguson v. . Hubbell · 97 N.Y. 507
• Burke v. . Witherbee · 98 N.Y. 562
• Corcoran v. . Village of Peekskill · 15 N.E. 309
• Probst v. . Delamater · 3 N.E. 184
• Kern v. DeCastro & Donner Sugar Refining Co. · 25 N.E. 1071
• Brown v. McAllister · 39 Cal. 573

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