230 Ga. App. 213 - Stacey v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lau's Corp., Inc. v. Haskins · 187 Ga. App. 594 - Moore v. Goldome Credit Corp. · 213 Ga. App. 695 - Herring v. Dunning · 224 Ga. App. 137 - Goring v. Martinez · 194 Ga. App. 874 - Bishop v. Mangal Bhai Enterprises, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“Compromises of doubtful rights are upheld by general policy, as tending to prevent litigation, in all enlightened systems of jurisprudence. In considering the enforceability of an alleged settlement agreement, however, a trial court is obviously limited to those terms upon which the parties themselves have mutually agreed. Absent such mutual agreement, there is no enforceable contract as between the parties. It is the duty of courts to construe and enforce contracts as made, and not to make them for the parties. The settlement agreement alleged to have been created in [this case] would have been the product of the attorneys for the parties. As the existence of a binding agreement is disputed, the proponent of the settlement must establish its existence in writing. The writing which will satisfy this requirement ideally consists of a formal written agreement signed by the parties. However, letters or documents prepared by attorneys which memorialize the terms of the agreement reached will suffice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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