Godfrey v. Chandley

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• permitting an appellate court to construe an instrument and determine its legal effect
• endorsing a four-corners approach to interpretation of a written instrument

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Simon v. National Farmers Organization, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1992-04-10· cited 94×
• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Strnad
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1994-06-03· cited 51×
• In re Estate of Einsel
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2016-06-10· cited 37×
• Akandas, Inc. v. Klippel
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1992-02-28· cited 31×
• Steele v. Guardianship & Conservatorship of Crist
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1992-10-30· cited 30×
• Rupe v. Triton Oil & Gas Corp.
  D. Kansas· 1992-11-12· cited 19×
• Unified School District No. 259 v. Sloan
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1994-04-01· cited 14×
• Harmon v. Safeco Insurance Co. of America
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1998-02-06· cited 13×
• Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance v. Laudick
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1993-09-17· cited 13×
• Matter of Estate of Lindgren
  Montana Supreme Court· 1994-11-23· cited 11×
• Mid-Century Insurance v. Shutt
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1993-01-15· cited 9×
• Fountain v. Se-Kan Asphalt Services, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1992-08-07· cited 7×
• Wright v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
  D. Kansas· 1995-12-14· cited 7×
• Dutta v. St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1993-04-16· cited 6×
• Fenley v. Estate of Deupree
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2002-06-26· cited 5×
• Strowig Properties, Inc. v. American States Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2003-02-07· cited 4×
• Union State Bank v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1993-06-25· cited 3×
• UMB Bank, N.A. v. Kansas East Conference of United Methodist Church, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2008-10-03· cited 2×
• In re the Ralph E. Breeding Trust
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1995-07-28· cited 2×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Kennedy & Mitchell, Inc. v. Anadarko Production Co.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1988-04-29· cited 52×
• Mobile Acres, Inc. v. Kurata
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1973-04-07· cited 44×
• Drach v. Ely
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1985-07-26· cited 16×
• Calkin v. Wallace
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1946-01-26· cited 14×
• In re Frank & Lotus Huxtable Living Trust
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1988-07-08· cited 13×
• Blair v. Blair
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1910-05-07· cited 12×
• Taylor v. Hutchinson
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1972-06-01· cited 10×
• Schauf v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1972-06-10· cited 10×
• Dunklee v. Kettering
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1950-11-13· cited 8×
• Coats v. Whitlow
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1979-04-02· cited 8×
• Estate of Wells v. Sanford
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1984-01-23· cited 7×
• Hamilton National Bank v. Childers
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-01-07· cited 5×