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· 6/22/1987

Harbour v. Brown for Ulrich

Citations

  • 732 S.W.2d 598
  • 1987 Tenn. LEXIS 919

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that a settlement agreement may be ―a binding contract, subject to being enforced as other contracts‖
  • acknowledging that, though a consent judgment could not be entered once a party has repudiated the agreement, the agreement may still be a “binding contract, subject to being enforced as other contracts.”
  • “That is not to say that the compromise agreement may not be a binding contract, subject to being enforced as other contracts . . . .”
  • “‘The power of the court to render a judgment by consent is dependent on the existence of the consent of the parties at the time the agreement receives the sanction of the court or is rendered and promulgated as a judgment.’”

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Judges: Cooper, Brock, Fones, Harbison, Drowota

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