Glantz Contracting Co. v. General Elec. Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that if amount of money due is liquidated with no legitimate dispute that money is owed, complainant is entitled to award of interest from date money was due
• finding that appellee who could either make payments or face an immediate work stoppage threatening an important contract was compelled to make payments
• “Courts do not have the power to make contracts where none exist, nor to modify, add to, or subtract from the terms of one in existence”
• “Courts do not have the power to make contracts where none exist, nor to modify, add to, or subtract from the terms of one in existence”
• ”Courts do not have the power to make contracts 15 where none exist, nor to modify, add to, or subtract from the terms of one in existence.” (internal quotations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Nicholas Acoustics & Specialty Company v. H & M Construction Company, Inc. And Insurance Company of North America
  Fifth Circuit· 1983-01-17· cited 95×
• Brown v. Hartford Ins. Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-08-31· cited 80×
• Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co. v. Foster
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-07-27· cited 73×
• Facilities, Inc. v. Rogers-Usry Chevrolet, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-06-30· cited 71×
• Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co. v. Doleac Elec. Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-07-10· cited 47×
• Canal Insurance Company v. First General Insurance Company
  First Circuit· 1990-04-26· cited 41×
• Griffin v. TALL TIMBERS DEVELOPMENT
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-09-19· cited 39×
• Estate of Van Ryan v. McMurtray
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-04-15· cited 24×
• Betty and Stanley Ross v. Western Fidelity Insurance Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1989-05-11· cited 23×
• Estate of Hensley v. Estate of Hensley
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-04-27· cited 22×
• Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Tarmac Roofing Systems, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-01-07· cited 21×
• Frazier v. Northeast Miss. Shopping Center
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-10-03· cited 21×
• Southern Insurance Company v. Affiliated FM Insura
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-07-21· cited 21×
• Draper v. Draper
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-07-20· cited 17×
• H & W Industries, Inc., Cross-Appellant v. Occidental Chemical Corp., Cross-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-09-19· cited 16×
• First National Bank Of Jackson v. Pursue Energy Corporation
  First Circuit· 1986-10-07· cited 13×
• Genesis Insurance v. Wausau Insurance Companies
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-08-21· cited 12×
• Larr v. Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1991-02-01· cited 11×
• Smith v. Industrial Constructors, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-03-03· cited 11×
• Merchants & Marine Bank, Cross-Appellee v. Douglas-Guardian Warehouse Corporation, Cross-Appellant
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-10-06· cited 8×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commercial Union Insurance Company v. Byrne
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1971-05-31· cited 50×
• Home Ins. Co. v. Olmstead
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1978-02-22· cited 26×
• Citizens Nat. Bank of Meridian v. LL Glascock, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1971-01-04· cited 22×
• McDaniel Bros. Construction v. Burk-Hallman Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1965-05-31· cited 19×
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. v. Bishop
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1976-04-13· cited 18×
• Cheshire Oil Co. v. Springfield Realty Corp.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1978-04-07· cited 10×
• OJ Stanton & Co., Inc. v. Dennis
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1978-05-24· cited 8×
• Johnson v. City of Brockton
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1979-07-11· cited 7×