Sears, Roebuck and Company v. Poling

Decided March 5, 1957. Theodore G. Garfield wrote the opinion for the court.

81 N.W.2d 462 · Cited 58 times

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• Fields v. City of Oakland · 137 Cal. App. 2d 602
• Cerny-Pickas & Co. v. C. R. Jahn Co. · 131 N.E.2d 100
• Winkler v. Appalachian Amusement Co. · 79 S.E.2d 185
• Santa Fe, Prescott & Phœnix Railway Co. v. Grant Bros. Construction Co. · 228 U.S. 177
• Hartford Fire Insurance v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. · 175 U.S. 91
• Griswold v. Illinois Central Railway Co. · 90 Iowa 265
• Slocum v. Natural Products Co. · 292 Mass. 455
• Cairnes v. Hillman Drug Co. · 108 So. 362
• Smith v. Coutant · 6 N.W.2d 421
• In Re Estate of Murdoch · 29 N.W.2d 177
• Morris v. Warner · 279 P. 152
• City of Des Moines v. City of West Des Moines · 56 N.W.2d 904
• Pazawich v. Johnson · 39 N.W.2d 590
• Oscar Ruff Drug Co. v. Western Iowa Co. · 191 Iowa 1035
• Marty v. Champlin Refining Co. · 36 N.W.2d 360
• Powerine Co. v. Russell's, Inc. · 135 P.2d 906
• Baird v. Lindblad · 75 Cal. App. 2d 202
• Meeker v. Shull · 17 N.W.2d 514

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