Carter v. Carter

How courts have described this case

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

• despite a close family relationship and the opportunity for undue influence, the deed was upheld because the parties were dealing at arms’ length
• responsibility to read deed on grantor; failure to do so does not constitute fraud unless grantee prevented or induced grantor not to read it
• “[fjailure [of grantor] to read [deed] will not relieve him of obligations entered under it, and will not constitute fraud unless the grantee prevented the grantor’s reading or induced the grantor not to read it”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

38 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Peple v. Peple
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-01-19· cited 204×
• Venable v. Venable
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-04-15· cited 140×
• Economopoulos v. Kolaitis
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-04-21· cited 70×
• Bowers v. Westvaco Corp.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1992-06-05· cited 66×
• Patrick v. Summers
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1988-06-10· cited 63×
• Richardson v. Richardson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-09-20· cited 57×
• Jennings v. Jennings
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-08-27· cited 46×
• Spence v. Griffin
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1988-09-23· cited 44×
• Box v. Talley
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-01-07· cited 40×
• Harris v. Woodrum
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-11-18· cited 28×
• Oden v. Salch
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-04-21· cited 27×
• Forrest Creek Associates, Ltd. v. McLean Savings & Loan Ass'n
  Fourth Circuit· 1987-10-28· cited 26×
• Nuckols v. Nuckols
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-09-07· cited 23×
• BD. OF SUP'RS OF PR. WILL. v. Omni Homes
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1997-01-10· cited 21×
• Alfa Life Insurance Corp. v. Colza
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2014-05-09· cited 18×
• Jamerson v. Womack
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1992-11-06· cited 16×
• Petra International Banking Corp. v. First American Bank
  E.D. Virginia· 1991-03-01· cited 15×
• Shappy v. Downcity Capital Partners, Ltd.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2009-06-16· cited 15×
• Entre Computer Centers, Inc. v. FMG of Kansas City, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1987-06-04· cited 15×
• General Insurance of Roanoke, Inc. v. Page
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1995-11-03· cited 13×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• F. F. White and P & W Oil Co. v. Perkins
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1972-06-12· cited 30×
• Jackson v. Seymour
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1952-06-16· cited 28×
• Planters National Bank v. E. G. Heflin Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1936-03-12· cited 22×
• Hicks v. Wynn
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1923-09-20· cited 20×
• Malbon v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1946-11-25· cited 13×
• Barnes v. Craig
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1960-11-28· cited 12×
• Flippo v. Broome
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1961-09-08· cited 6×