Vai v. Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n

Decided July 26, 1961. Thomas P. White wrote the opinion for the court.

364 P.2d 247 · Cited 145 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.

• Collins v. Collins · 48 Cal. 2d 325
• Jorgensen v. Jorgensen · 32 Cal. 2d 13
• Arnold v. Arnold · 70 P. 23
• Hensley v. Hensley · 183 P. 445
• In Re Estate of Cover · 204 P. 583
• Fields v. Michael · 91 Cal. App. 2d 443
• Verdier v. Verdier · 133 Cal. App. 2d 325
• Cameron v. Cameron · 88 Cal. App. 2d 585
• Chance v. Kobsted · 226 P. 632
• Lynam v. Vorwerk · 110 P. 355
• Page v. Page · 359 P.2d 41
• Hobart v. Hobart Estate Co. · 26 Cal. 2d 412
• Victor Oil Co. v. Drum · 193 P. 243
• Grolemund v. Cafferata · 17 Cal. 2d 679
• Laux v. Freed · 348 P.2d 873
• American National Bank of San Francisco v. A. G. Sommerville, Inc. · 216 P. 376
• Estate of McNutt · 36 Cal. App. 2d 542
• Harrold v. Harrold · 271 P.2d 489
• Champion v. Woods · 79 Cal. 17
• MacDonald v. Reich & Lievre, Inc. · 281 P. 106
• Prince v. Harting · 177 Cal. App. 2d 720
• Burrow v. Carley · 290 P. 577
• Llewelyn v. Levi · 106 P. 219
• Wise Realty Co. v. Stewart · 146 P. 534
• Yeomans v. Lysfjord · 162 Cal. App. 2d 357

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• Estate of Vai · 417 P.2d 161
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