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Gray v. Met Contracting Corp.’s Empirical Analysis

1957

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
April 1978
most recently cited

2 district · 1 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Curry v. MacKenzie · Imperator Realty Co. v. . Tull

Most-quoted passages

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  1. “* * * Such an estoppel would not be in conflict with Section 33-c, Personal Property Law, since it would not constitute an oral modification of a written contract, but the application of an ancient equitable principle whereby a person whose conduct had induced reliance thereon may not thereafter bring an action which is inconsistent with that conduct. * * *”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

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