State Supreme Court / Iowa

State v. Peirce

Decided November 17, 1916. Benjamin I. Salinger wrote the opinion for the court.

178 Iowa 417 · Cited 53 times

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Precedents cited

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.

Clemens v. Chicaco, Rock Island & Pac. Ry. Co. · 163 Iowa 499
Henry v. Sioux City · 70 Iowa 233
Bessette v. State · 101 Ind. 85
Frandsen v. C., R. I. & P. R. Co. · 36 Iowa 372
State v. McGhuey · 153 Iowa 308
State v. Shultz · 177 Iowa 321
Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Co. v. Sterrett · 94 Iowa 158
Welch v. Union Central Life Insurance · 117 Iowa 394
State v. See · 177 Iowa 316
State v. Hassan · 149 Iowa 518
State v. Philpot · 97 Iowa 365
People v. Chin Non · 80 P. 681
Croft v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. · 134 Iowa 411
State v. Stowell · 60 Iowa 535
Sullivan v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. · 119 Iowa 464
State v. Cameron · 177 Iowa 379
State v. Tripp · 113 Iowa 698
Will of Knox v. Knox · 123 Iowa 24
State v. Smith · 124 Iowa 334
Miller v. Root · 77 Iowa 545
L. A. Shakman & Co. v. Potter · 98 Iowa 61
State v. Fuller · 142 Iowa 598
State v. Beste · 91 Iowa 565

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Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

State v. Bogardus · 188 Iowa 1293
State v. McLaughlin · 94 N.W.2d 303
State v. Burris · 198 Iowa 1156
State v. Kelley · 161 N.W.2d 123
State v. Strum · 184 Iowa 1165
State v. Christ · 189 Iowa 474
State v. Hobbs · 107 N.W.2d 238
State v. Lewallen · 198 Iowa 382
State v. Gallagher · 16 N.W.2d 604
State v. Brennan · 185 Iowa 73
State v. O'KELLY · 211 N.W.2d 589
State v. Hutchison · 341 N.W.2d 33
State v. Adams · 48 N.E.2d 861
Commonwealth v. Rollins · 241 N.E.2d 809
Connelly v. Nolte · 21 N.W.2d 311
People v. Crowley · 101 Cal. App. 2d 71
State v. Voeckell · 210 P.2d 972
State v. Levy · 160 N.W.2d 460
State v. Knox · 18 N.W.2d 716
Jacobsen Ex Rel. Jacobsen v. Gamber · 86 N.W.2d 147
State v. Poffenbarger · 74 N.W.2d 585
Coulthard v. Keenan · 129 N.W.2d 597
State v. Saltzman · 44 N.W.2d 24
State v. Campbell · 294 N.W.2d 803
State v. Burris · 194 Iowa 628

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