123 W. Va. 528 - Bunch v. Potter’s Empirical Analysis
1941
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 100 W. Va. 559 - Virginian Export Coal Co. v. Rowland Land Co. · Standard Oil Co. v. Central Dredging Co. · 97 W. Va. 109 - Holdred Collieries v. Boone County Coal Corp. · Roberts v. American Column & Lumber Co. · Standard Oil Co. v. Central Dredging Co.
Most-quoted passages
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““A contract, without qualification or restriction, by one sui juris, to do or perform an act not in itself unlawful, immoral, or impossible of performance, casts upon him a duty, from the discharge of which he cannot excuse himself by reason of the lawful conduct or interference of a stranger to the undertaking. By neglecting to qualify his promise, so as to make such an excuse available, the promisor waives it as a defense against a recovery for non-performance.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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