237 Mo. App. 639 - Witte v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1941
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
June 1987
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Snyder v. Free · Aull Savings Bank v. Aull's Administrator · Lillard v. Wilson · Hart v. Hess · Erhart v. Dietrich
Most-quoted passages
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“[TJhere is never a recovery by a member of a family owing a duty on what is technically termed an implied contract in law; but as stated before, the recovery must be upon an express contract, or from evidence from which it can be reasonably concluded that there was a distinct understanding and agreement, understood and acted upon between the parties, a contract established on inference rather than implication.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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