Hartung v. Billmeier

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that there was no bilateral contract because only plaintiff made a promise
• stating that where an oral contract is susceptible to more than one construction, its construction is for the jury
• holding enforceable employer’s promise of bonus of unspecified amount made after employee started working
• requiring party to perform contractual obligations when other contracting party has fully performed
• employer's promise of a bonus made after the employee started working held enforceable
• indefiniteness should not be invoked to invalidate a writing that reasonably expresses intent of parties

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Pine River State Bank v. Mettille
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1983-04-29· cited 418×
• Hoffman-La Roche, Inc. v. Campbell
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1987-07-10· cited 182×
• Martens v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2000-09-21· cited 164×
• Cederstrand v. Lutheran Brotherhood
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1962-09-14· cited 133×
• Midway Center Associates v. Midway Center, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1975-12-19· cited 104×
• White Lighting Co. v. Wolfson
  California Supreme Court· 1968-03-14· cited 79×
• Sylvestre v. State
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1973-12-14· cited 50×
• Rockney v. Blohorn
  Eighth Circuit· 1989-06-06· cited 50×
• United Properties Incorporated, and Hans Bodsgard v. Emporium Department Stores, Inc., Debtor, and Its Creditors Committee
  Eighth Circuit· 1967-07-05· cited 46×
• Baehr v. Penn-O-Tex Oil Corp.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1960-08-05· cited 46×
• King v. Dalton Motors, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1961-04-28· cited 38×
• Bergstedt, Wahlberg, Berquist Associates, Inc. v. Rothchild
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1975-01-17· cited 36×
• Rochester Civic Theatre, Inc. v. Maria Ramsay
  Eighth Circuit· 1966-11-17· cited 34×
• Holt v. Swenson
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1958-06-06· cited 31×
• Tynan v. KSTP, INC.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1956-04-27· cited 30×
• Frank Sullivan Company v. Midwest Sheet Metal Works
  Eighth Circuit· 1964-07-31· cited 24×
• Wormsbecker v. Donovan Construction Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1956-03-29· cited 22×
• Peters v. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co.
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1988-03-08· cited 17×
• TRIPLE B & G, INC. v. City of Fairmont
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1992-12-22· cited 17×
• Bushman v. Pure Plant Food International, Ltd.
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1983-03-02· cited 16×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hammel v. Feigh
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1919-06-20· cited 39×
• Scott v. J. F. Duthie & Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1923-07-06· cited 31×
• Twohy v. Harris
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1952-09-10· cited 29×
• La Du-King Manufacturing Co. v. La Du
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1887-03-04· cited 17×
• Ames-Brooks Co. v. Ætna Insurance
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1901-05-31· cited 17×
• Mooney v. Daily News Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1911-12-08· cited 13×
• Gransbury v. Saterbak
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1911-12-29· cited 10×
• Hahnel v. Highland Park College
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1915-05-10· cited 4×
• Thompson v. Davidson
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1917-05-04· cited 4×