Phillips v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
December 1971
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kurkjian v. Ohanneson · Wilson v. Clotfelter · Kruger v. Krueger · Moorehouse v. Robinson · 136 Cal. App. 286 - Kovacs v. St. Paul's English Evangelical Lutheran Church
Most-quoted passages
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“The ambiguity in the phrase `personal property' is apparent from several cases that discuss the different meanings ascribable to it. (See Estate of Marin, 69 Cal. App.2d 147, 150 [ 158 P.2d 412 ]; Estate of Duraind, 51 Cal. App.2d 206, 211-212 [ 124 P.2d 330 ]; Estate of Combs, 136 Cal. App. 286, 291 [ 28 P.2d 711 ]; Estate of Kruger, 55 Cal. App.2d 619, 623 [ 131 P.2d 619 ]; Estate of La Fetra, 14 Cal. App.2d 599, 602-603 [ 58 P.2d 678 ]; Estate of Puett, 1 Cal.2d 131, 134 [ 33 P.2d 825 ].)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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