Reeb v. Murphy’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “[t]he principle of a quasi estoppel by election is the common ground of [these] cases — the principle which prevents a party from drawing a judgment into question to the prejudice of his adversary after he has *Page 1065 coerced its execution or accepted its benefits.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 578 So. 2d 1064 - Rice v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co.

2. “an appellant is shown to have accepted the benefit of [a] judgment, order, or decree, [his] appeal will be dismissed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 578 So. 2d 1064 - Rice v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co.