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  • Garrison v. Edward Brown & Sons

    25 Cal. 2d 473 · California Supreme Court · Dec 26, 1944

    Brown, 196 U.S. 502 [ 25 S.Ct. 339 , 49 L.Ed. 571 ]; Alvord v. Ryan, 212 F. 83, 85 [ 128 C.C.A. 539 ]; Sperb v. McCoun, 110 N.Y. 605 [ 18 N.E. 441 , 1 L.R.A. 490 ]; Topas v. … (Bleau v. Wright, 110 Mich. 183 [ 68 N.W. 115 ]; Finnegan v. Geoghegan, 111 N.Y.S. 656 ; Tripple v. Littlefield, 46 Wash. 156 [ 89 P. 493 ]; Cooper v, Tim, 16 Misc. 372 [ 38 N.Y.S. 67 ]; Huffman v. Newman, 55.

    Cited 40 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Central Pacific Railroad

    72 Cal. 523 · California Supreme Court · Jun 13, 1887

    Brown was conductor on one of the defendant’s trains running between Los Angeles and Yuma. During the night of April 7,1877, his train parted.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Brown v. National Electrics Works

    168 Cal. 336 · California Supreme Court · Sep 29, 1914

    (Pierce v. Tennessee etc. Co., 173 U. S. 1 , [ 43 L. Ed. 591 ,19 Sup. Ct. Rep. 335]; Harrington v. Kansas City etc. Co., 60 Mo. App. 223 ; Davidson v. Laughlin, 138 Cal. 320 , [5 L. R. A. (N. … S.) 579, 71 Pac. 345 ] ; Brown v. Crown etc. Co., 150 Cal. 385 , [ 89 Pac. 86 ].) The agreement to employ the defendant was a material part of the consideration for which he paid the five thousand dollars.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Sterling Furniture Co.

    175 Cal. 563 · California Supreme Court · Jun 25, 1917

    (Sanchez v. Neary, 41 Cal. 487; Coffey v. *565 Greenfield, 62 Cal. 608 ; Shain v. Forbes, 82 Cal. 582 , [ 23 Pac. 198 ]; Bronzan v. Drobaz, 93 Cal. 650 , [ 29 Pac. 254 ]; Durfee v. … Seale, 139 Cal. 607 , [ 73 Pac. 435 ]; Coghlan v. Quartararo, 15 Cal. App. 668 , [ 115 Pac. 664 ].) This was not done. The judgment of nonsuit is therefore reversed.

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • Sutter Basin Corp. v. Brown

    40 Cal. 2d 235 · California Supreme Court · Feb 17, 1953

    Shouse v. Quinley, 3 Cal.2d 357, 360-361 [ 45 P.2d 701 ]; Mulcahy v. Baldwin, 216 Cal. 517, 525 [ 15 P.2d 738 ]; Copeland v. Raub, 36 Cal.App.2d 441, 447 [ 97 P.2d 859 ]; Hershey v. … (Ryan v. Byram, 4 Cal.2d 596, 606 [ 51 P.2d 872 ]; Flinn v. Zerbe, 40 Cal.App. 294, 296 [ 180 P. 650 ] ; Abrams v. San Francisco, 48 Cal.App.2d 1, 6 [ 119 P.2d 197 ].)

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Leslie v. Brown Brothers Incorporation

    208 Cal. 606 · California Supreme Court · Dec 30, 1929

    Brown: That is all.’ … (Bandy v. Westover, 200 Cal. 222 [ 252 Pac. 593 ]; Heilbron v. Kings River etc. Co., 76 Cal. 11 [ 17 Pac. 933 ]; Earl v. Times-Mirror Co., 185 Cal. 165 [ 196 Pac. 57 ]; Glide v.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Brown v. State Bar

    2 Cal. 2d 533 · California Supreme Court · Feb 27, 1935

    This is a petition to review the recommendation of the board of governors of The State Bar that petitioner be disbarred. … Brown, be, and he is hereby disbarred from the further practice of law in this state, from and after the thirtieth day of April, 1935, and that his name be and it is hereby stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Superior Court

    2 Cal. Unrep. 322 · California Supreme Court · May 27, 1884

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  • Brown v. Creditors of Estate

    123 Cal. 399 · California Supreme Court · Jan 25, 1889

    Page Brown, died testate in 1896, leaving a widow and three minor children.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Caminetti v. Edward Brown & Sons

    23 Cal. 2d 511 · California Supreme Court · Dec 27, 1943

    (Smith v. Orange Belt Supply Co., 58 Cal.App.2d 848 [ 137 P.2d 845 ]; Moore v. Specialty Oil Tool Co., 128 Cal.App. 662 [ 18 P.2d 82 ]; Conlin v. Coyne, 19 Cal.App.2d 78 [ 64 P.2d 1123 ]; Kroeker v. … Specialty Oil Tool Co., supra; Conlin v. Coyne, supra; Kroeker v. Jack, supra; see Comey v. Comey, supra) but may terminate the proceedings for preparation of the transcript. (Wood v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Mayo & Brown v. Avery

    18 Cal. 309 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1861

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  • Brown v. Bank of Napa

    77 Cal. 544 · California Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1888

    Smith Brown, the plaintiff, was in June, 1885, appointed assignee of Reed, and afterward qualified and acted as such. The action is brought by the plaintiff, assignee as above stated. … It was so held in Merrill v. Hurlbert, 63 Cal. 496 , by Department One of this court, and we concur in and approve the ruling.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Brown v. City of Inglewood

    California Supreme Court · Jul 7, 2025

    Brown, citing Ayala v. … Name of Opinion Brown v.

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  • Briggs v. Brown

    California Supreme Court · Oct 26, 2017

    COURT OF CALIFORNIA ) RON BRIGGS, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. … BROWN, JR., ) as Governor, etc., et al., ) S238309 ) Respondents; ) ) CALIFORNIANS TO

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Brown v. USA Taekwondo

    California Supreme Court · Apr 1, 2021

    (Brown v. USA Taekwondo (2019) 40 Cal.App.5th 1077, 1083 (Brown).) … Name of Opinion Brown v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Central Land Co.

    42 Cal. 257 · California Supreme Court · Oct 15, 1871

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Merner Lumber Co. v. Brown

    218 Cal. 136 · California Supreme Court · May 1, 1933

    The facts briefly stated are these: On July 14, 1930, the owner, Elizabeth Brown, entered into a contract with Fred S. Wiseman for the construction of a house to cost $3,500. … (Johnson v. Mortgage Guarantee Co., 117 Cal. App. 416, 420 [ 4 Pac. (2d) 208 ]; W. H. Marston Co. v. Central Alaska Fisheries Co., 201 Cal. 715 [ 258 Pac. 933 ].)

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Brown v. City of Visalia

    141 Cal. 372 · California Supreme Court · Dec 22, 1903

    (Chico High School Board v. Supervisors, 118 Cal. 115 ; Board of Education etc. v. Board of Trustees of Woodland, 129 Cal. 599 .) … Hence the high-school board is required to furnish estimates of the amount of money required ‘to the authorities whose duty it is to levy taxes.’ ” In People v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Board of Law Library Trustees v. Board of Supervisors

    99 Cal. 571 · California Supreme Court · Sep 26, 1893

    board of supervisors of the county of Orange do ordain as follows:— “Sec. 1. … It is not necessary to enter into a discussion of the constitutionality of this law in that regard, for in the recent case of People v. McFadden, 81 Cal. 489 ; 15 Am. St.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Brown v. L. F. Starr

    75 Cal. 163 · California Supreme Court · Feb 20, 1888

    Cited 4 timesPublished

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