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185 Cal. 656 · California Supreme Court · May 13, 1921
Stats., sec. 4620, etc.]; Miller v. Chrisman, 140 Cal. 440 , [ 98 Am. St. Rep. 63 , 73 Pac. 1083 , 74 Pac. 444 ]; Nevada Sierra Oil Co v. … Co. v. Patterson, 153 Cal. 624, 625 , [ 96 Pac. 90 ]; 162 Cal. 358, 361 , [ 122 Pac. 950 ]; McLemore v. Express Oil Co., 158 Cal. 559, 562 , [ 139 Am. St. Rep. 147 , 112 Pac. 59 ].)
Cited 5 timesPublished188 Cal. 175 · California Supreme Court · Feb 15, 1922
(People v. Davis, 143 Cal. 675 [ 77 Pac. 651 ]; Wharton v. Harlan, 68 Cal. 422 [ 9 Pac. 727 ]; People v. Greene, 74 Cal. 400 -405 [ 5 Am. St. Rep. 448 , 16 Pac. 197 ].) … (Hill v. Finnigan, 54 Cal. 495 ; Dulin v. Pacific etc. Co., 98 Cal. 306 [ 33 Pac. 123 ]; Williams v. Borkwardt, 115 Cal. 617 [ 47 Pac. 594 ]; Brown v. Rouse, 115 Cal. 620 [ 47 Pac. 601 ]; Nonpareil Mfg. Co. v.
Cited 34 timesPublished14 Cal. 2d 541 · California Supreme Court · Oct 30, 1939
Russi took the defendant from an old men’s home and since that time had given him board, lodg *543 ing and small sums of money for doing chores on the farm. … (People v. Golsh, 63 Cal. App. 609 [ 219 Pac. 456 ].)
Cited 4 timesPublished46 Cal. 2d 868 · California Supreme Court · Aug 10, 1956
(Spencer Kennelly, Ltd. v. Bank of America, 19 Cal.2d 586, 589 [ 122 P.2d 552 ]; Nahhas v. Browning, 181 Cal. 55, 57 [ 183 P. 442 , 6 A.L.R. 476 ].) … Co., 37 Cal.2d 808 [ 236 P.2d 151 ] [attachment] 4 ; Frahm v. Walton, 130 Cal. 396 [ 62 P. 618 ] [injunction]; Prader v. Grim, 13 Cal. 585, 586, 587-588 [injunction]; Ah Thaie v.
Cited 21 timesPublishedCounty of San Bernardino v. Way
18 Cal. 2d 647 · California Supreme Court · Sep 30, 1941
W. 344 ]; Board of Com’rs v. C. La Carde Co., 167 La. 612 [ 120 So. 25 ]; Hanson v. Burris, 86 Utah 424 [ 46 Pac. (2d) 400 ].) … Board of Commissioners of Everglades Drainage District, 57 Fed. (2d) 1048; State v. Young, 29 Minn. 474 [ 9 N. W. 737 ]; Martin v. Saye, 147 S. C. 433 [ 145 S. E. 186 ].)
Cited 37 timesPublished97 Cal. 254 · California Supreme Court · Feb 1, 1893
In Patent Brick Co. v. … In Iowa, the courts having decided that such right was not assignable, the legislature enacted that “ the mechanics’ liens are assignable, and shall follow the assignment of the debt”; but the court, in Brown v.
Cited 17 timesPublished28 Cal. Rptr. 3d 685 · California Supreme Court · May 23, 2005
(See Fidelity, supra, at p. 154 [“the questions upon which resolution of this case rests are whether the Board meant to pre-empt California’s due-on-sale law, and, if so, whether that action is within the scope of the Board … (Perry v.
Cited 49 timesPublishedDeBerard Properties, Ltd. v. Lim
85 Cal. Rptr. 2d 292 · California Supreme Court · Jun 3, 1999
We observed in Brown v. Jensen (1953) 41 Cal.2d 193, 197 [ 259 P.2d 425 ]: “The one taking ... a [purchase money] trust deed knows the value of his security and assumes the risk that it may become inadequate. … J., Baxter, J., Werdegar, J., Chin, J., and Brown, J., concurred.
Cited 49 timesPublished82 Cal. 114 · California Supreme Court · Dec 19, 1889
McElroy, 36 Cal. 277 , where the appellate court quotes approvingly from the opinion in the case of Williamson v. Brown, 15 N. … (Hellman v. Levy & Arpin, 55 Cal. 118 , and cases cited; Patten v. Moore, 32 N. H. 384.)
Cited 17 timesPublished61 Cal. 2d 471 · California Supreme Court · Jun 30, 1964
Board v. Stan’s Drive-Ins, Inc., 136 Cal.App.2d 89, 94 [ 288 P.2d 286 ].) The general rule is that “The language of a ... … Board v. Stan’s Drive-Ins, Inc., supra, 136 Cal.App.2d 89, 94 .) Where a decree of distribution is uncertain or ambiguous, the will itself may be resorted to in order to resolve such uncertainty or ambiguity. (Fraser v.
Cited 39 timesPublishedAnaheim Water Co. v. Semi-Tropic Water Co.
64 Cal. 185 · California Supreme Court · Sep 27, 1883
(Lyon v. McLaughlin, 32 Vt. 423 ; Arthur v. Case, 1 Paige, 447; Belknap v. Trimble, 3 Paige, 601 ; Webber v. Gage, 39 N. H. 182; Bardwell v. Ames, 22 Pick. 353 ; Ballou v. Hopkinton, 4 Gray, 324 ; Booth v. … Driscoll, 20 Conn. 535 ; Brown v. Ashley, 16 Nev. 311 .) That principle was not observed in the adjudication of this case, and I agree that the judgment should be reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial.
Cited 38 timesPublishedTidewater Marine Western, Inc. v. Bradshaw
14 Cal. 4th 557 · California Supreme Court · Dec 19, 1996
It must then select a wage board composed equally of employer and employee representatives and designate a nonvoting chairperson. The wage board reports a recommendation (Lab. Code, § 1178.5, subds. … J., Mosk, J., Kennard, J., Baxter, J., Werdegar, J., and Brown, J., concurred.
Overruled — as noted by a later courtCited 225 timesPublished37 Cal. 2d 499 · California Supreme Court · Jun 29, 1951
Brown, Attorneys General, Clarence A. Linn, Deputy Attorney General, Francis W. Collins, District Attorney (Contra Costa), and Thomas F. McBride, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondents. J.F. … Johnson, 52 N.M. 229 [ 195 P.2d 1017, 1020 ]; see, also, Fairmount Engine Co. v. Montgomery Co., 135 Pa.Super. 367 [ 5 A.2d 419, 420-421 ]; Krug v. Board of Chosen Freeholders, 3 N.J.
Cited 29 timesPublished12 Cal. 273 · California Supreme Court · Jan 15, 1859
Some of the questions in this case have been decided in case of Moore v. Patch, at the last term. … It is no objection that the same Act provides for a correction of this list by the Board of Equalization. The case does not show that there was error to be corrected, so far as the appellants’ property is concerned.
Cited 3 timesPublished90 Cal. 610 · California Supreme Court · Aug 31, 1891
This defect is not.cured by the failure of the lot-holders to appeal to the board, because, had an appeal been taken, the defect could not have been remedied by the board.” (Dougherty v. Hitchcock, 35 Cal. 524 .) … (Burke v. Turney, 54 Cal. 487 .)
Cited 23 timesPublished53 Cal. 2d 187 · California Supreme Court · Dec 8, 1959
(Browne v. Superior Court, 16 Cal.2d 593, 597-598 [ 107 P.2d 1 , 131 A.L.R. 276 ].) … (Greene v. Superior Court, 37 Cal.2d 307 , 310 et seq. [ 231 P.2d 821 ].) *191 While, as pointed out in Cooney v.
Cited 75 timesPublished220 Cal. Rptr. 3d 230 · California Supreme Court · Jul 3, 2017
(Brown v. Plata (2011) 563 U.S. 493, 501 (Brown v. Plata).) … Board of Supervisors (1992) 2 Cal.4th 571, 580; see also Carman v.
Cited 332 timesPublished25 Cal. 4th 904 · California Supreme Court · Jun 21, 2001
BROWN, J. I reluctantly concur. … (See, e.g., Bullock v. Thomas (Miss. 1995) 659 So.2d 574, 577 [a father must “openly treat” a child born out of wedlock “as his own” in order to inherit from that child].)
Cited 3 timesPublished45 Cal. 2d 128 · California Supreme Court · Sep 23, 1955
(Wallace v. City of Fresno, 42 Cal.2d 180, 184 [ 265 P.2d 884 ] ; Packer v. Board of Retirement, 35 Cal.2d 212, 214 [ 217 P.2d 660 ] ; Kern v. City of Long Beach, 29 Cal.2d 848, 854-855 [ 179 P.2d 799 ].) … (Wallace v. City of Fresno, 42 Cal.2d 180, 185 [ 265 P.2d 884 ] ; see Packer v. Board of Retirement, 35 Cal.2d 212, 214, 218-219 [ 217 P.2d 660 ].)
Cited 145 timesPublishedMcKay v. Retail Automobile Salesmen's Local Union No. 1067
16 Cal. 2d 311 · California Supreme Court · Oct 14, 1940
(State v. Donaldson (1867) 32 N. J. L. 151 [ 90 Am. Dec. 649 ]; Commonwealth v. Curren, (1869) 3 Pittsb. Rep. 143; Commonwealth v. Sheriff, (1881) 15 Phila. 393 ; People v. Wilzig, (1886) 4 N. Y. Cr. 403.) … Co. v.
Cited 74 timesPublished
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