Atkins v. Pore’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 56 Cal. 2d 676 - Pollyanna Homes, Inc. v. Berney · 55 Wash. 2d 425 - Becker v. Lagerquist Bros., Inc. · Drew v. Wiswall · Roof, Trustee v. Jerd · 4 Pa. D. & C.3d 92 - Dudek v. Bigley
Most-quoted passages
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“[W]e find that the oral promises to pave roads are independent and collateral to the deeds themselves and, therefore, may be shown without violating the parol evidence rule. The oral promises were made by defendant to induce plaintiffs to purchase the lots, but the silence of the deeds on the issue of road paving does not preclude evidence of these promises. Such promises do not contradict, alter or vary the terms of the deeds.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[A]n agreement to pave is merely an agreement for work and labor and, of itself, creates no new privilege in the use of the land. An agreement to pave a street is not a conveyance of an interest in land so this action is not barred by the Statute of Frauds.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.