Wyatt v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.

Decided March 24, 1932. Henry W. Holt wrote the opinion for the court.

158 Va. 470 · Cited 55 times

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• Milwaukee & Saint Paul Railway Co. v. Kellogg · 94 U.S. 469
• Bird v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance · 120 N.E. 86
• Cashell v. Southern Railway Co. · 152 Va. 335
• City of Richmond v. Jeter · 149 Va. 235
• Webb v. . R., W. and O.R.R. Co. · 49 N.Y. 420

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• Scott v. Simms · 188 Va. 808
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• Jappell v. American Ass'n of Blood Banks · 162 F. Supp. 2d 476
• Banks v. City of Richmond · 348 S.E.2d 280
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• Corbett v. Clarke · 187 Va. 222
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• Crist v. Fitzgerald · 189 Va. 109
• Huffman v. Sorenson · 194 Va. 932
• Powell v. Virginian Railway Co. · 187 Va. 384
• Peninsular Telephone Co. v. Marks, Et Vir · 198 So. 330
• Colonna v. Rosedale Dairy Co. · 166 Va. 314
• Walthew v. Davis, Adm'r · 201 Va. 557
• Domitz v. Springfield Bottlers, Inc. · 221 S.W.2d 831

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