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· 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

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

  • 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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