· 8/23/1991
Highgate Associates, Ltd. v. Merryfield
Citations
- 597 A.2d 1280
- 157 Vt. 313
- 1991 Vt. LEXIS 179
How courts have described this case
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- explaining that this Court will affirm lower court’s legal conclusions if supported by findings
- outlining test for determining if contract provision is a reasonable liquidated damages clause or illegal penalty
- late payment charge on rent for residential apartment of five dollars on sixth day of delinquency and one dollar for each day thereafter sustained
- late payment charge on rent for residential apartment of five dollars on sixth day of delinquency and one dollar for each day thereafter sustained
- “Where the trial court has applied the proper legal standard, we will uphold its conclusions of law if reasonably supported by its findings.”
- “Where the trial court has applied the proper legal standard, we will uphold its conclusions of law if reasonably supported by its findings.”
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Judges: Allen, Gibson, Dooley, Morse, Johnson
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