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· 8/3/1990

Greenmoss Builders, Inc. v. King

Citations

  • 580 A.2d 971
  • 155 Vt. 1
  • 1990 Vt. LEXIS 129

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding defendant had an obligation to speak to ensure fair dealing and good faith
  • lawyers who hired client to build addition on their home estopped from recovering overpayments to builder
  • lawyers who hired client to build addition on their home estopped from recovering overpayments to builder
  • “Interest is a legal right of the plaintiff. . . . [and] [w]hen a debt becomes payable, if the contract does not stipulate a rate of interest, the statutory or legal rate applies.”
  • “There is no question that a party to a contract may lose the right to assert a term of the contract, or to require performance of a part of the contract, by waiver or estoppel”
  • equitable estoppel is based on “fair dealing, good faith and justice”

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Judges: Allen, Peck, Gibson, Dooley, Barney

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