Cox v. Shannon’s Empirical Analysis
1940
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
April 1958
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wichita Falls & Oklahoma Railway Co. v. Pepper · Sun Oil Co. v. Bennett · Marshall v. San Jacinto Bldg., Inc. · Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Howell · Eldridge v. Poirier
Most-quoted passages
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“* * * where a suit is for reformation there must be a finding upon evidence that is `clear, exact, and satisfactory' that the mistake of fact was mutual; also, as stated in the same case, that the party seeking reformation must prove by such evidence not only `what the true agreement was,' but `must go further and establish the fact that the terms or provisions of the writing which differ from the true agreement made were placed in the instrument by mutual mistake.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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