Webb v. Sonnier’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wise v. Prescott · Moak v. American Automobile Insurance Company · Gulf States Finance Corp. v. Airline Auto Sales Inc. · 225 So. 2d 102 - Hyatt v. Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company · American Metal Window Co. v. St. Tammany Parish School Board
Most-quoted passages
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“Transactions [i. e., releases] regulate only the differences which appear clearly to be comprehended in them by the intention of the parties, whether it be explained in a general or particular manner, unless it be the necessary consequence of what is expressed; and they do not extend to differences which the parties never intended to include in them .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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