Baker v. Baker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 4 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. ““Question No. 1: Do you find from a preponderance of the evidence that on December 10, 1938, the defendant, Earl M. Baker, orally agreed to subsequently deliver two-thirds (2/3) of the stock in the Gunter Hotel Corporation to the plaintiff, Myla Baker? Answer ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ “We, the jury, answer: Yes.” “Question No. 4: Do you find from a preponderance of the evidence that on the occasion of the signing of the instruments on December 11, 1938, it was agreed by and between Myla Baker’s attorney and Earl M. Baker’s attorney that the release signed by Myla Baker would not become effective until the stock in the Gunter Hotel Corporation was delivered to the plaintiff? Answer ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ “We, the jury, answer: Yes.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Baker v. Baker