Smith v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Ins.

Decided September 10, 1934. Armstead Brown wrote the opinion for the court.

156 So. 498 · Cited 53 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.

• Shaw v. Railroad Co. · 100 U.S. 605
• Richter v. Jerome · 123 U.S. 233
• Power v. Chillingworth · 113 So. 280
• St. Andrews Bay Lumber Co. v. Bernard · 135 So. 831
• Kerrison v. Stewart · 93 U.S. 155
• Kent v. Lake Superior Ship Canal, Railway & Iron Co. · 144 U.S. 75
• James v. . Cowing · 82 N.Y. 449
• Gisborn v. Charter Oak Life Insurance · 142 U.S. 326
• Brown v. Marion Mortgage Co. · 145 So. 413
• Winer v. Trust Company of Florida · 124 So. 181

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• Mahood v. Bessemer Properties Incorporated · 18 So. 2d 775
• Elvins v. Seestedt, Et Ux. · 4 So. 2d 532
• The Prudence Co., Inc. v. Garvin · 179 So. 127
• Miller v. Colonial Baking Co. of Alabama · 402 So. 2d 1365
• Smith v. Fleetwood Building Corp. · 163 So. 293
• Harbeson, Et Vir v. Mering · 2 So. 2d 886
• Jones v. the City of Arcadia · 3 So. 2d 338
• Patchen v. Robertson · 200 So. 400
• Christ v. Collins, Trustee · 6 N.E.2d 698
• Peck v. Peck · 133 So. 3d 587
• Chicago Title and Trust Co. v. Robin · 198 N.E. 4
• State v. City of Clearwater · 169 So. 602
• Griley v. Marion Mortgage Co. · 182 So. 297
• State v. Andres · 5 So. 2d 7
• Flagler Finance Corp. v. Therrell · 159 So. 868

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