Willcox v. Penn Mutual Life Insurance

Decided November 10, 1947. Horace Stern wrote the opinion for the court.

55 A.2d 521 · Cited 100 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.

• Scaife v. McKee · 148 A. 37
• Poe v. Seaborn · 282 U.S. 101
• United States v. Robbins · 269 U.S. 315
• Hopkins v. Bacon · 282 U.S. 122
• Goodell v. Koch · 282 U.S. 118
• Kelley v. Kalodner · 181 A. 598
• Miller v. Belmont Packing & Rubber Co. · 268 Pa. 51
• Commonwealth v. Stewart · 12 A.2d 444
• Stimson v. Stimson · 29 A.2d 679
• Lucas v. Earl · 281 U.S. 111
• Maynard v. Hill · 125 U.S. 190
• Bender v. Pfaff · 282 U.S. 127
• Garrozi v. Dastas · 204 U.S. 64
• Baker's Executors v. Kilgore · 145 U.S. 487
• George v. Ransom · 15 Cal. 322

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