Bolling v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “The function of pleading is to inform the opposing party of the nature of the case to be made against him.”
• a plea of partial set-off is insufficient, because it would not end the case
• Supreme Court reversed verdict based on implied warranty where pleadings asserted only breach of express oral warranty, noting that function of pleading is to inform opposing party of nature of the case against him
• although “on the date the contract was signed the corporation had not yet come into legal existence,” the parties were bound because the corporation later did come into existence and continued to abide by the contract

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).