19 Wash. App. 372 - Hallauer v. Certain’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Morgan v. Bell · 2 Wash. App. 985 - Murray v. Western Pacific Insurance · Monk v. Morton · 12 Wash. App. 459 - Pine Corp. v. Richardson · Cahalan Investment Co. v. Yakima Central Heating Co.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Unless there is an ambiguity in the terms of a contract and contradictory evidence is introduced to clarify the ambiguity, summary judgment is proper despite a difference between the parties as to the legal effect of the provision in question.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“rests in the sound discretion of the tried court. It must be exercised in accordance with general principles of equity jurisprudence, and the party seeking such relief must have acted in good faith, come into equity with clean hands and do what is just and equitable to the defendant. ... It will be denied where there is an adequate remedy at law, where performance is impossible and where, under the facts and circumstances, it would be inequitable to compel the defendant to perform.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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