Wells v. Dairyland Mutual Insurance

Decided January 7, 1957. George R. Currie wrote the opinion for the court.

274 Wis. 505 · Cited 115 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.

• Ferry v. State · 266 Wis. 508
• Robinson v. Briggs Transportation Co. · 272 Wis. 448
• Vogel v. Vetting · 265 Wis. 19
• Crawley v. Hill · 34 N.W.2d 123
• State v. Biller · 262 Wis. 472
• Strnad v. Co-Operative Insurance Mutual · 40 N.W.2d 552
• Taylor v. Western Casualty & Surety Co. · 270 Wis. 408
• McCarty v. Weber · 265 Wis. 70
• Weber v. Mayer · 266 Wis. 241
• Mossak v. Pfost · 258 Wis. 73
• McNamer v. American Insurance Co. · 267 Wis. 494
• Post v. Thomas · 3 N.W.2d 344
• Heibel v. Voth · 271 Wis. 350
• Grohusky v. Ferry · 30 N.W.2d 205
• Johnson v. Viebrock · 263 Wis. 284
• Zombkowski v. Wisconsin River Power Co. · 267 Wis. 77
• Albrecht v. Tradewell · 271 Wis. 303
• Weber v. Barrett · 298 N.W. 53
• Huffman v. Reinke · 268 Wis. 489
• Dahl v. Harwood · 263 Wis. 1
• Burkhalter v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Insurance · 268 Wis. 385
• Olson v. Milwaukee Automobile Insurance · 266 Wis. 106
• Grinley v. Town of Eau Galle · 274 Wis. 177

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• Hartford Insurance v. Wales · 406 N.W.2d 426
• Jonas v. Northeastern Mutual Fire Insurance · 171 N.W.2d 185
• Kuzel v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 20 Wis. 2d 558
• Schwamb v. State · 173 N.W.2d 666
• Johnson v. Johnson · 37 Wis. 2d 302
• Ampex Corp. v. Sound Institute, Inc. · 172 N.W.2d 170
• Peterson v. Wingertsman · 14 Wis. 2d 455
• Chapnitsky v. McClone · 20 Wis. 2d 453
• Mid-Continent Refrigerator Co. v. Straka · 178 N.W.2d 28
• City of Milwaukee v. Berry · 171 N.W.2d 305
• Winston v. Weiner · 2 Wis. 2d 584
• Kiefer v. State Highway Commission · 47 Wis. 2d 155
• Vollmer v. Luety · 156 Wis. 2d 1
• Plesko v. City of Milwaukee · 19 Wis. 2d 210
• State v. Tuttle · 21 Wis. 2d 147
• Calero v. Del Chemical Corp. · 228 N.W.2d 737
• Terpstra v. Soiltest, Inc. · 218 N.W.2d 129
• Kincannon v. National Indemnity Co. · 5 Wis. 2d 231
• Gilson v. Drees Bros. · 19 Wis. 2d 252
• State v. Monje · 325 N.W.2d 695
• Finger v. State · 161 N.W.2d 272
• Boller v. Cofrances · 166 N.W.2d 129
• Fringer v. Venema · 26 Wis. 2d 366
• Fondell v. Lucky Stores, Inc. · 270 N.W.2d 205
• Michalski v. Wagner · 9 Wis. 2d 22

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