484 So. 2d 47 - Mulle v. Scheiler’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently March 2005
7 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 65 So. 2d 736 - Steak House v. Barnett · Janeczek v. Embry
Most-quoted passages
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“Although the equitable remedy of rescission is generally not available unless the condition of the parties as it existed prior to the execution of the contract can be restored, Steak House, Inc. v. Barnett, 65 So.2d 736 (Fla. 1953), there are recognized exceptions to the general rule, such as in the case here, where the inability of the buyer to restore is caused by the very fraud perpetrated by the sellers. See Williston on Contracts, (3d ed. 1937), Vol. 12, §§ 1460A, 1463. A defrauded person is excused from restoration to the extent he is rendered incapable thereof by reason of the wrongful conduct of the wrongdoer. 17A, C.J.S. Contracts § 439. See also Janeczek v. Embry, 330 So.2d 837 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976); Dobbs, Handbook on the Law of Remedies, § 9.4 (1973).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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