73 Misc. 2d 96 - Host v. Gauntlett’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
January 1996
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Creek Nation v. McGhee · Schank v. . Schuchman · Kaiser-Frazer Corp. v. Otis & Co. · Johnston v. . Dahlgren
Most-quoted passages
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“[f]or to direct the defendant to return the moneys he received would be tantamount to civil punishment in addition to criminal penalties, and as such, inconsistent with the traditional spirit of fair play in which every person has a vested interest, be he plaintiff or defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“whether the defendant who contracted to provide labor, services and materials under a home improvement contract, is obliged to return all moneys received, on the sole ground that the defendant did not have a license to do home improvement work.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“"The law may at times refuse to aid a wrongdoer in getting that which good conscience permits him to receive; it will not for that reason aid another in taking away from him that which good conscience entitles him to retain."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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