Shapiro v. Equitable Life Assurance Society

Decided September 11, 1946. Emmet H. Wilson wrote the opinion for the court.

76 Cal. App. 2d 75 · Cited 58 times

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• Consolidated Reservoir & Power Co. v. Scarborough · 16 P.2d 268
• Henigan v. Yolo Fliers Club · 284 P. 906
• Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. Brown · 213 U.S. 25
• Union Tool Co. v. Farmers & Merchants National Bank of Los Angeles · 218 P. 424
• Wood v. Carpenter · 101 U.S. 135
• Blank v. Coffin · 20 Cal. 2d 457
• Vallejo & Northern R.R. v. Reed Orchard Co. · 147 P. 238
• Davis v. Judson · 113 P. 147
• Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n v. Superior Court · 20 Cal. 2d 697
• Kennedy v. Isenberg · 63 Cal. App. 2d 214
• Ryder v. Bamberger · 158 P. 753
• Trinity Universal Insurance v. Willrich · 124 P.2d 950
• Marra v. Aetna Construction Co. · 15 Cal. 2d 375
• Gray v. Southern Pacific Co. · 23 Cal. 2d 632
• Nicholson v. Henderson · 25 Cal. 2d 375
• Buckhantz v. R. G. Hamilton & Co. · 71 Cal. App. 2d 777
• Sommer v. Martin · 204 P. 33
• Blanc v. Connor · 141 P. 217
• Everett v. Standard Accident Insurance · 187 P. 996
• Shields v. Oxnard Harbor District · 46 Cal. App. 2d 477
• Gjurich v. Fieg · 129 P. 464
• Shain v. Sresovich · 104 Cal. 402
• Westover v. City of Los Angeles · 20 Cal. 2d 635
• Lacy Manufacturing Co. v. Gold Crown Mining Co. · 52 Cal. App. 2d 568
• Northwestern Portland Cement Co. v. Atlantic Portland Cement Co. · 163 P. 47

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