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  • Jose v. Utley

    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 timesPublished
  • Luckenbach v. Krempel

    188 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 timesPublished
  • People v. Smith

    14 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 timesPublished
  • LeFave v. Dimond

    46 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 timesPublished
  • County 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 timesPublished
  • Mills v. La Verne Land Co.

    97 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 timesPublished
  • Jevne v. Superior Court

    28 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 timesPublished
  • DeBerard 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 timesPublished
  • Bank of Mendocino v. Baker

    82 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 timesPublished
  • Careaga v. Careaga

    61 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 timesPublished
  • Anaheim 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 timesPublished
  • Tidewater 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 timesPublished
  • Lee on v. Long

    37 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 timesPublished
  • Cowell v. Doub

    12 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 timesPublished
  • Manning v. Den

    90 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 timesPublished
  • Jacobs v. Superior Court

    53 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 timesPublished
  • People v. Valencia

    220 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 timesPublished
  • Doner-Griswold v. See

    25 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 timesPublished
  • Allen v. City of Long Beach

    45 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 timesPublished
  • McKay 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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