Snelling v. Adair

Decided December 2, 1940. John Baptiste Fournet wrote the opinion for the court.

199 So. 782 · Cited 77 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.

• Harrill v. Pitts · 193 So. 562
• Keller v. Summers · 187 So. 69
• Sun Oil Co. v. Burns · 84 S.W.2d 442
• Smith v. Chappell · 148 So. 242
• Long v. Chailan · 175 So. 42
• Reynaud v. Bullock · 196 So. 29
• Noel Estate, Inc. v. Kansas City Southern & Gulf Ry. Co. · 175 So. 468
• Tyson v. Spearman · 183 So. 201
• Boisseau v. Vallon & Jordano, Inc. · 141 So. 38
• Land Development Co. v. Schulz · 124 So. 125
• Baldwin v. Arkansas-Louisiana Pipe Line Co. · 171 So. 442
• Martel v. Hunt · 197 So. 402
• Ruth v. Buwe · 168 So. 776
• Williams v. James · 178 So. 384
• Gibson v. Pickens · 175 So. 600
• Union Tank Car Co. v. Louisiana Oil Refining Corp. · 165 So. 638
• Gibson v. Zylks · 173 So. 757
• Mims v. Sample · 186 So. 66
• State Ex Rel. Bourgaux v. Fontenot · 187 So. 66
• Smith v. King · 188 So. 25
• Bremer v. Lane · 169 So. 568
• Garner v. Sims · 185 So. 27

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