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· 2/6/1980

Glantz Contracting Co. v. General Elec. Co.

Citations

  • 379 So. 2d 912
  • 27 Cont. Cas. Fed. 80,174
  • 1980 Miss. LEXIS 1821

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)

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Judges: Patterson, C.J., and Broom and Cofer

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