Lewis v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
August 2016
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Craig v. Root · First Nat. Bank v. McIntosh · 405 So. 2d 1324 - Hicks v. Huggins · 405 So. 2d 1328 - Robinson v. State · Gilmore v. Sexton
Most-quoted passages
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“"[A] court is authorized to exercise its equity power to impress a lien upon real property as security for a debt only where the person against whose interest the lien is declared and enforced is guilty of some wrongdoing in procuring the loan or service by which the debt is created. Our cases make clear that, whether the equitable grounds essential to give the 'equitable lien' principle a field of operation are expressed in terms of 'fraud,' 'unclean hands,' or 'unjust enrichment' mere passive conduct on the part of the party against whose interest the lien sought is not sufficient."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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