Ball v. Ball’s Empirical Analysis
1930
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
February 1984
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Monarch Oil, Gas & Coal Co. v. Richardson · Northwestern Oil & Gas Co. v. Branine · Campbell v. . Hall · Masten v. . Olcott · Eaton v. Allegany Gas Co.
Most-quoted passages
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““If there was an abandonment, it must be one by operation of law to be implied from the facts showing such intention. I do not think the evidence is sufficient to establish this claim. The lease was always in the possession of the defendants or their assignors. It was never canceled or surrendered in fact. There was no relinquishment of the premises by the corporate defendants. There was no acceptance of abandonment or surrender, and no resumption of possession by any act of the lessor-plaintiff. These are the requisite elements of abandonment to constitute surrender by operation of law.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Olson v. Schwartz
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