40 Wash. App. 646 - Smith v. Stout’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 65 Wash. 2d 157 - Calbom v. Knudtzon · 94 Wash. 2d 359 - Brown v. Safeway Stores, Inc. · Donovan v. Bachstadt · 88 Wash. 2d 595 - Cherberg v. Peoples National Bank · 74 Wash. 2d 50 - Corinthian Corp. v. White & Bollard, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“While such a defense is judicially recognized [estoppel based on ratification or acquiescence], it requires participation by the nonsigning spouse in the transaction or evidence of a willingness on the part of the spouse to accept the transaction with all its terms, thus leading the purchasers to believe the nonsigning spouse approves the transaction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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