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  • People v. Jones

    6 Cal. 2d 554 · California Supreme Court · Jun 22, 1936

    In the ease of People v. … have an indeterminate sentence law similar to ours hold that a statute which prescribes a minimum sentence of not less than five years and with no maximum is in law a life sentence until and unless a court or executive board

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • In Re Basuino

    22 Cal. 2d 247 · California Supreme Court · May 20, 1943

    In the case of Hambrick v. … Thus it may not be said that such decisions (People v. Schneider, supra; People v.

    Cited 29 timesPublished
  • Estate of Yoell

    164 Cal. 540 · California Supreme Court · Jan 20, 1913

    E. 328 ] ; Young v. Hicks, 92 N. Y. 234 ; Johnston v. Spicer, 107 N. Y. 191 , [ 13 N. E. 753 ] ; Pavlicek v. Roessler, 222 Ill. 83 , [ 78 N. E. 11 ] ; Brown v. Brown’s Admr., (Ky.), 80 S. … Warner v.

    Cited 47 timesPublished
  • Estate of Burnison

    33 Cal. 2d 638 · California Supreme Court · Mar 22, 1949

    So significant is the case of United States v. … circumstances (United States v.

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • Sutro Heights Land Co. v. Merced Irrigation District

    211 Cal. 670 · California Supreme Court · Feb 25, 1931

    Thus in Williston v. … Co. v.

    Cited 35 timesPublished
  • Black v. Sprague

    54 Cal. 266 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1880

    In Brown v. … (See Clark v. McElvy, 11 Cal. 161 ; McCreery v. Everding, 44 Id. 246 ; Chidester v. Con. P. Ditch Co. 53 Id. 56.) The Court further instructed the jury as follows: “ 13th.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Arnold v. San Ramon Valley Bank

    184 Cal. 632 · California Supreme Court · Jan 4, 1921

    (Pullen v. Placer Co. Bank, supra; Florence v. Brown, 124 U. S. 385, 391 , [ 31 L. Ed. 424 , 8 Sup. Ct. Rep. 531, see, also, Rose’s U. S. Notes]; Hopkinson v. Forster, L. R. 19 Eq. Cas. 76; O’Connor v. … The plaintiff relies on Burtnett v. First Nat. Bank, 38 Mich. 630 ; Shotwell v. Sioux F. S. Bank, 34 S. D. 109, [L. R. A. 1915A, 715, 147 N. W. 288 ]; Cady v. South Omaha Bank, 46 Neb. 756 , [ 65 N.

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • Poak v. Pacific Electric Railway Co.

    177 Cal. 190 · California Supreme Court · Jan 9, 1918

    Co. v. Gates, 135 Ill. App. 180 ; Peterson v. Metropolitan St. Ry. Co., 211 Mo. 498 , [ 111 S. W. 37 ]; Patterson v. Westchester Elec. Ry. Co., 26 App. Div. 336 , [ 49 N. Y. Supp. 796 ].) … Co. v. Cusick, 60 Kan. 590 , [ 72 Am. St. Rep. 374 , 57 Pac. 519 ]; Memphis St. Ry. Co. v. Shaw, 110 Tenn. 467 , [ 75 S. W. 713 ]; Birmingham Union Ry. Co. v. Smith, 90 Ala. 60 , [ 24 Am. St.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Doxsee Co. v. All Persons

    3 Cal. 2d 609 · California Supreme Court · May 6, 1935

    (Knowlton v. Mackenzie, 110 Cal. 183, 188 [ 42 Pac. 580 ] ; 6 Cor. Jur., p. 654, sec. 163; 2 R. C. L., sec. 85, p. 1006; Suttman v. Superior Court, 174 Cal. 243 [ 162 Pac. 1032 ]; Kellett v. Kellett, 110 Cal. … (San Francisco v. Brown, 153 Cal. 644, 651 [ 96 Pac. 281 ] ; Halpern v. Superior Court, 190 Cal. 384 [ 212 Pac. 916 ].)

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • De La Beckwith v. Sheldon

    165 Cal. 319 · California Supreme Court · Apr 16, 1913

    (Spier v. Hyde, 78 App. Div. 151 , [ 79 N. Y. Supp. 702 ]; Morehouse v. Second Nat. Bank, 98 N. Y. 503 ; Kromer v. Heim, 75 N. Y. 576 , [ 31 Am. Rep. 491 ]; Dean v. Skiff, 128 Mass. 174 ; Huggins v. Safford, 67 Mo. … Rep. 187 , 24 Pac. 280 ]; Drew v. Pedlar, 87 Cal. 443, [ 22 Am. St. Rep. 257 , 25 Pac. 749 ] ; Phelps v. Brown, 95 Cal. 572 , [ 30 Pac. 774 ]; Fountain v. Semi-Tropical *325 L. & W.

    Cited 32 timesPublished
  • Rose v. Southern Trust Co.

    178 Cal. 580 · California Supreme Court · Jul 30, 1918

    (Swafford v. Board of Education, 127 Cal. 484 , [ 59 Pac. 900 ].) … It was clearly inadmissible upon the principles discussed above and upon the authority of Mitchell v. Haggenmeyer, 51 Cal. 108 .

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Hogan v. Ingold

    38 Cal. 2d 802 · California Supreme Court · Apr 22, 1952

    In Whitten v. … Since Hawes v. Contra Costa Water Co. (sometimes cited as Hawes v.

    Cited 48 timesPublished
  • Katz v. Fitzgerald

    152 Cal. 433 · California Supreme Court · Dec 2, 1907

    Ency. of Law, 635; Phillips v. Curtis, 4 Idaho, 193 , 38 Pac. 405 ; Southall v. Griffiths, 100 Ky. 91 , [ 37 S. W. 577 ].) … Supervisors, 111 Cal. 371 , [ 43 Pac. 975 ]; Spier v. Baker, 120 Cal. 370 , [ 52 Pac. 659 ]; and Brittain v.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Wilson v. Eu

    54 Cal. 3d 471 · California Supreme Court · Sep 25, 1991

    (See also Legislature v. … (See Legislature v. Reinecke (1973) 9 Cal.3d 166, 167 [ 107 Cal.Rptr. 18 , 507 P.2d 626 ] [Reinecke III].)

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Miller v. Jansen

    21 Cal. 2d 473 · California Supreme Court · Jan 12, 1943

    (Boyd v. *477 Slayback, 63 Cal. 493 ; Ward v. Dougherty, 75 Cal. 240 [ 17 P. 193 , 7 Am.St.Rep. 151 ]; Donahue v. Sweeney, 171 Cal. 388 [ 153 P. 708 ]; Daneri v. … Gazzola, 2 Cal.App. 351, 357 [ 83 P. 455 ]; City Lumber Co. v. Brown, 46 Cal.App. 603, 606 [ 189 P. 830 ].) In the case of Donahue v.

    Cited 29 timesPublished
  • San Francisco & Sacramento Railway Co. v. Industrial Accident Commissionn

    201 Cal. 597 · California Supreme Court · Jul 15, 1927

    The following cases would seem to be pertinent: Losh v. Evans & Co., 5 W. C. C. 17, 19 T. L. R. 142; Wilson v. Dakota, L. & P. Co., 45 S. D. 175 [ 186 N. W. 828 ] ; Dietzen Co. v. … Industrial Board of Illinois, 279 Ill. 11 [Ann. Cas. 1918B, 764, 116 N. E. 684 ] ; Mepham & Co. v. Industrial Com., 289 Ill. 484 [ 124 N. E. 540 ] ; Bischoff v. American Car & Foundry Co., 190 Mich. 229 [ 157 N.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Slaughter v. Friedman

    32 Cal. 3d 149 · California Supreme Court · Aug 23, 1982

    In Hackethal v. … Montalbano (1978) 87 Cal.App.3d 725, 732-733 [ 151 Cal.Rptr. 206 ] [communications between parents and school board]; Tiedemann v.

    Cited 55 timesPublished
  • Jordan v. Beale

    172 Cal. 226 · California Supreme Court · Mar 2, 1916

    Code, secs. 3780, 3817; Smith v. Furlong, 160 Cal. 522 , [ 117 Pac. 527 ]; Campbell v. Moran, 161 Cal. 325 , [ 119 Pac. 89 ]; Wright v. Anglo-Californian Bank, 161 Cal. 500 , [ 119 Pac. 651 ].) … (Lovell v. Frost, 44 Cal. 474 ; Thompson v. Pioche, 44 Cal. 508, 517 ; Thompson v. Felton, 54 Cal. 551 ; Unger v. Mooney, 63 Cal. 58 .6, [ 49 Am. Rep. 100 ].)

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Mound City Land & Water Ass'n v. Philip

    64 Cal. 493 · California Supreme Court · Jan 29, 1884

    In 1853 Vejar and Dalton presented their petitions to the board of land commissioners for confirmation of the tracts claimed to have been set aside to them respectively by the judgment of partition, and Palomares presented … (See Hathaway v. Be Soto, 21 Cal. 191 ; Mahoney v. Van Winkle, 21 Cal. 580 ; Carpentier v. Thurston, 24 Cal. 268 .) Some of the findings are somewhat informal, but the court passed upon the material issues.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Heckendorn v. City of San Marino

    42 Cal. 3d 481 · California Supreme Court · Aug 25, 1986

    (Methodist Hosp. of Sacramento v. Saylor (1971) 5 Cal.3d 685, 692 [ 97 Cal.Rptr. 1 , 488 P.2d 161 ]; Reynolds v. State Board of Equalization (1946) 29 Cal.2d 137,140 [ 173 P.2d 551 , 174 P.2d 4 ].) … Friends of Mammoth v.

    Cited 48 timesPublished

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