Smellie v. Southern Pacific Co.

Decided May 1, 1931. John Wesley Shenk wrote the opinion for the court.

299 P. 529 · Cited 263 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.

• Mar Shee v. Maryland Assurance Corp. · 210 P. 269
• Gilmour v. North Pasadena Land Etc. Co. · 171 P. 1066
• People v. Milner · 122 Cal. 171
• Marchetti v. Southern Pacific Co. · 269 P. 529
• Grantham v. Ordway · 182 P. 73
• Pabst v. Shearer · 156 P. 466
• Pacific Portland Cement Co. v. Reinecke · 158 P. 1041
• Thompson v. Davis · 157 P. 595
• Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Henderson · 279 U.S. 639
• Krause v. Rarity · 293 P. 62
• People v. Siemsen · 95 P. 836
• Olsen v. Standard Oil Co. · 204 P. 393
• Freese v. Hibernia Savings & Loan Society · 73 P. 172
• Bresee v. Los Angeles Traction Co. · 85 P. 152
• Koster v. Southern Pacific Co. · 279 P. 788
• Moore v. Gould · 91 P. 616
• Brown v. Chevrolet Motor Co. · 179 P. 697
• Everett v. Standard Accident Insurance · 187 P. 996
• Flores v. Fitzgerald · 268 P. 369
• Estate of Emerson · 167 P. 149
• Tousley v. Pacific Electric Ry. Co. · 137 P. 31
• Austin v. Wilcoxson · 84 P. 417
• Larrabee v. Western Pacific Ry. Co. · 161 P. 750
• Nichols v. Pacific Electric Ry. Co. · 174 P. 319
• Benjamin v. District Grand Lodge No. 4 · 152 P. 731

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• Scott v. Sheedy · 39 Cal. App. 2d 96
• Scott v. Burke · 39 Cal. 2d 388
• Geist v. Moore · 70 P.2d 403
• Wyckoff v. Mutual Life Insurance · 147 P.2d 227
• Marvin v. Adams · 224 Cal. App. 3d 956
• Gong v. Firemen's Insurance · 202 Cal. App. 2d 686
• Daniels v. City & County of San Francisco · 40 Cal. 2d 614
• Lane & Pyron, Inc. v. Gibbs · 266 Cal. App. 2d 61
• Haycock v. Hughes Aircraft Co. · 22 Cal. App. 4th 1473
• Bishop v. Donovan · 209 Cal. App. 2d 48
• Orbach v. Zern · 291 P.2d 120
• Ringo v. Johnson · 99 Cal. App. 2d 124
• Rice v. Southern Pacific Co. · 247 Cal. App. 2d 701
• Shirk v. Southern Pacific Co. · 103 Cal. App. 2d 97
• Estate of Lances · 14 P.2d 768
• Lawless v. Calaway · 24 Cal. 2d 81
• Herbert v. Lankershim · 9 Cal. 2d 409
• Westberg v. Willde · 14 Cal. 2d 360
• People v. Livaditis · 831 P.2d 297
• Anthony v. Hobbie · 25 Cal. 2d 814
• Kaplan v. Superior Court · 491 P.2d 1
• Gavin v. Protestant Episcopal Bishop · 21 P.2d 579

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