Jones v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Grossmann v. Saunders · Edith Gill and United Services Automobile Association v. Rollins Protective Services Company, a Delaware Corporation, Defendant · 9 Va. App. 288 - Emrich v. Emrich · Merriman v. Cover, Drayton Leonard · Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Bryan
Most-quoted passages
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“The rule in Virginia has been long established that “when a contract is silent as to the time within which an act is to be performed, the law implies a reasonable time.” . . . “[Wjhat constitutes a reasonable time is generally an issue to be decided by [the trier of fact], under all the circumstances of the case.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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