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  • People v. Brown

    76 Cal. 573 · California Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1888

    Objection was made to this question, the objection was overruled, and the defendant answered, “ No, sir; I did not.” ' Conceding that the last question was improperly allowed, under the authority of People v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Merlo

    8 Cal. 3d 855 · California Supreme Court · Feb 20, 1973

    Brown was a passenger as distinguished from a guest under the guest statute. … has operated to bar recovery by an auto guest injured while physically inside the vehicle, but has allowed recovery by a nonpaying passenger who is injured while haying one foot on the ground and one foot on the running board

    Disagreed with by Johnson v. Hassett, 1974 N.D. LEXIS 225 (1974)Cited 211 timesPublished
  • Phelps v. Brown

    95 Cal. 572 · California Supreme Court · Aug 10, 1892

    Brown & Ensign.’ “‘We agree to release the signers of this receipt from any expense, legal or otherwise. “‘Brown & Ensign.’” Upon these facts two questions arise: 1. … (Scott v. Glenn, 87 Cal. 221 ; Dennis v. Strassburger, 89 Cal. 583 ; Easton v. Montgomery, 90 Cal. 307 ; Anderson v. Strassburger, 92 Cal. 38 .) The respondents endeavor to distinguish Drew v.

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Smith

    55 Cal. App. 4th 767 · California Court of Appeal · Jun 9, 1997

    Brown) and her husband, Lewis Brown (Mr. Brown), former tenants at the Smiths’ apartment building. … Here, Brown has effectively alleged an intentional tort in the guise of a statutory Unruh Civil Rights Act cause of action. However, since Harris v.

    Cited 39 timesPublished
  • Bastajian v. Brown

    19 Cal. 2d 209 · California Supreme Court · Dec 19, 1941

    Comstock v. James E. Brown, et al. … Brown was his client and I was employed to try the case for Spalding. I do not know where Brown is and you know Spalding has been dead several months. I have no file.

    Cited 69 timesPublished
  • People v. Brown

    81 Cal. App. 226 · California Court of Appeal · Feb 7, 1927

    In Wyatt v. … Quoting from the opinion of Judge Bynum, in Lewis v. Board of Commrs., 74 N.C. 199 : `None but witnesses have any business before them. . . .

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • People v. Brown

    45 Cal. 2d 640 · California Supreme Court · Nov 29, 1955

    United States, 285 F. 1, 2 ; State v. Wills, 91 W.Va. 659 [ 114 S.E. 261, 264 , 24 A.L.R. 1398 ]; Haynes v. State, 110 Tex.Crim. 553 [ 9 S.W.2d 1043 ]; State v. Jokosh, 181 Wis. 160 [ 193 N.W. 976, 977 ]; see Taylor v. … (Johnson v. United States, supra, 333 U.S. 10, 16-17 ; United States v. Di Re, supra, 332 U.S. 581, 595 ; Lustig v. United States, 338 U.S. 74, 80 [ 69 S.Ct. 1372 , 93 L.Ed. 1819 ] ; Byars v.

    Cited 144 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Campbell

    100 Cal. 635 · California Supreme Court · Dec 30, 1893

    The attachment, at least in the second action of Priest v. Brown, was levied upon the entire interest of the judgment debtor in the land described in the trust deed. … (Buchanan v. Marsh, 17 Iowa, 494 ; Crim v. Walker, 79 Mo. 335 ; Claflin v. McDermott, 12 Fed. Rep. 375; Tarbell v. Griggs, 3 Paige, 207 ; 23 Am. Dec. 790 .) 3.

    Cited 70 timesPublished
  • People v. Brown

    92 Cal. App. 2d 360 · California Court of Appeal · Jun 13, 1949

    Unwrapping the newspaper, he discovered it contained a brown powder, a small portion of which turned red when he applied nitric acid. … The piece of newspaper in which the brown substance was wrapped fitted the torn corner of said newspaper.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Johnson

    45 Cal. 76 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1872

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • People v. Brown

    46 Cal. 3d 432 · California Supreme Court · Aug 25, 1988

    Brown (1985) 40 Cal.3d 512, 544 [ 220 Cal.Rptr. 637 , 709 P.2d 440 ], footnote 17, reversed on another ground sub nom. California v. Brown (1987) 479 U.S. 538 [ 93 L.Ed.2d 934 , 107 S.Ct. 837 ]. We noted in People v. … (California v. Brown, supra, 479 U.S. 538, 542-543 (plur. opn. by Rehnquist, C. J.) & 544-546 (conc. opn. by O’Connor, J.) [ 93 L.Ed.2d 934, 940-943 , 107 S.Ct. 837 , 839-841 & 841-842].)

    Cited 236 timesPublished
  • Carey v. Brown

    58 Cal. 180 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1881

    (Newcomb v. Horton, 18 Wisc. 566.) … (Bonds v. Hickman, 29 Cal. 460 .)

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • McCormick v. Brown

    36 Cal. 180 · California Supreme Court · Oct 15, 1868

    (Bell v. Morrison, 1 Pet. 351 ; Sands v. Gelston, 15 John. 511 ; Jones v. Moore, 5 Binn. 573 ; Berghaus v. Calhoun, 6 Watts, 219 ; De Forrest v. Hunt, 8 Conn. 185 ; Russell v. Copp, 5 N. H. *186 154; Harrison v. … Handley, 1 Bibb. 443; Bell v. Rowland, 1 Hardin, 301 ; Aug. on Lim., Sec. 231, and note.)

    Cited 62 timesPublished
  • Deidesheimer v. Brown

    8 Cal. 339 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1857

    Act, § 541; White well v. Barbier and others, January, 1857. But we would not be understood as expressing any opinion as to whether such a judgment could be collaterally impeached or not.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • People v. Brown

    92 Cal. Rptr. 2d 433 · California Court of Appeal · Feb 1, 2000

    {People v. Rodrigues, supra, at p. 1124.) … In People v.

    Cited 101 timesPublished
  • People v. Brown

    6 Cal. App. 5th 1074 · California Court of Appeal · Dec 20, 2016

    (c)(37); People v. … (People v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Brown v. McAllister

    39 Cal. 573 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1870

    (Clark v. McElvy, 11 Cal. 161 ; Yonge v. Pacific M. S. S.

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Jenks

    98 Cal. 10 · California Supreme Court · Mar 27, 1893

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Newby

    39 Cal. App. 2d 615 · California Court of Appeal · Jun 22, 1940

    (See Brown v. Newby, 8 Cal. App. (2d) 203 [ 47 Pac. (2d) 1076 ].)

    Cited 55 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Martin

    25 Cal. 82 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1864

    (Haine v. Baker, 1 Seld. 359.)

    Cited 28 timesPublished

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