94 N.C. App. 149 - Gordon v. Howard’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
July 2019
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Williams v. Pilot Life Insurance Company · 93 N.C. App. 439 - Messer v. Laurel Hill Associates · Edwards v. . Proctor
Most-quoted passages
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“in order to constitute anticipatory repudiation, the words or conduct evidencing an intention to breach the contract must be a `positive, distinct, unequivocal, and absolute refusal' to perform the contract when the time fixed for performance arrives.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[m]y purpose in writing is to tell you that my wife and I have decided not to purchase lot number 22 in Glenn Kerry ... therefore, kindly return my $10,000 deposit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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