Lanna v. Greene

How courts have described this case

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

• “[u]nder the doctrine of equitable conversion a contract for the sale of land vests equitable title in the vendee”
• “Under the doctrine of equitable conversion a contract for the sale of land vests equitable title in the vendee.”
• general rule is that a party for whose benefit a provision in a contract is intended may waive his rights under such provision
• “The general rule is that a party for whose benefit a provision in a contract is intended may waive his rights under such provision. 3A Corbin, Contracts 761.”
• contract for sale of land vests vendees with equitable title interest in property sufficient to give the vendees CT Page 6352 standing to challenge lease
• party may waive provisions in contract included solely for his or her benefit

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Beckenstein v. Potter & Carrier, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-08-16· cited 144×
• Kakalik v. Bernardo
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1981-06-09· cited 107×
• PSE Consulting, Inc. v. Mercede
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-01-13· cited 86×
• Bayer v. Showmotion, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2009-07-07· cited 62×
• Fidelity Trust Co. v. BVD Associates
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-05-14· cited 61×
• Kokomo Veterans, Inc. v. Schick
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1982-08-26· cited 57×
• Loda v. H. K. Sargeant & Associates, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-08-10· cited 51×
• FCM Group, Inc. v. Miller
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2011-05-10· cited 40×
• Shapero v. Zoning Board
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-02-28· cited 39×
• Frumento v. Mezzanotte
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-04-10· cited 36×
• Reiner, Reiner & Bendett, P.C. v. Cadle Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-05-09· cited 34×
• Owens v. New Britain General Hospital
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1993-07-13· cited 22×
• Game-A-Tron Corp. v. Gordon
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1984-11-13· cited 20×
• Crescent Oil and Shipping Services, Ltd. v. Phibro Energy, Inc., and Salomon Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1991-02-28· cited 14×
• Biro v. Matz
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2011-11-29· cited 14×
• Nelson v. Cannon
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1980-03-18· cited 13×
• Nann v. Pignatelli
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1984-12-25· cited 8×
• In Re RBS Industries, Inc.
  D. Connecticut· 1990-06-28· cited 7×
• H.J., Inc. v. International Telephone & Telegraph Corp.
  Eighth Circuit· 1989-02-09· cited 7×
• Unnamed case
  Eighth Circuit· 1989-02-09· cited 6×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Malone v. Steinberg
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1952-05-06· cited 102×
• Pawlinski v. Allstate Insurance
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1973-05-02· cited 93×
• Texaco, Inc. v. Rogow
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1963-03-08· cited 54×
• Old Colony Trust Co. v. Chauncey
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1913-04-01· cited 41×
• Arcari v. Dellaripa
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1973-03-21· cited 22×
• Lafond v. Frame
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1951-05-08· cited 16×
• Schnier v. Commissioner of Transportation
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1977-02-22· cited 14×
• Sawl v. Kwiatkowski
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1965-12-07· cited 14×
• Hunt v. Smith
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1891-10-31· cited 13×
• Oberg v. Burke
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1963-03-14· cited 11×
• Silver v. Silver
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1976-03-02· cited 8×
• Craven Estate
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1951-07-19· cited 8×
• Kubicek v. Way
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1958-04-09· cited 5×