Manassas Park Development Company v. Offutt

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “a denial by the addressee of the receipt of the letter raises an issue of fact” for the fact finder
• word “responsible” as used in letter contract meant “legally answerable or accountable for the discharge of a duty”
• “Where one enters into a contract to perform certain acts, without any exceptions or qualifications, and receives from the party with whom he contracts a valuable consideration for his engagement, he must abide by the contract____”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Sturman v. Socha
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-08-09· cited 231×
• Edouard Legille v. C. Marshall Dann, Commissioner of Patents
  D.C. Circuit· 1976-08-24· cited 102×
• Moore v. Jefferson Hospital, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1967-12-04· cited 57×
• Washington v. Anderson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1988-11-18· cited 15×
• Abateco Services, Inc. v. Theron J. Bell, etc.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-11-19· cited 12×
• Villwock v. Ins. Co. of North America/CIGNA
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-03-19· cited 12×
• RML Corp. v. Assurance Co.
  Virginia Circuit Court· 2002-10-25· cited 9×
• Baker v. Doe
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-09-04· cited 6×
• Davis v. American Interinsurance Exchange
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-09-07· cited 5×
• Bayside Corp. v. Virginia Super Food Fair Stores, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1962-12-03· cited 4×
• Witcher v. Reid
  Norfolk County Circuit Court· 2006-05-31· cited 2×
• Atkinson v. Kaizer Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc.
  Virginia Circuit Court· 1988-11-01· cited 1×
• Robert A. Villwock, etc v. Insurance Co. of NA, etc
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-03-19
• Allen v. Warden of Augusta Correctional Center
  Richmond County Circuit Court· 1997-10-28
• Mullins v. Woodmont Health Care Center, Inc.
  Spotsylvania County Circuit Court· 2001-07-31
• Amica Mutual Ins. v. Liberty Mutual Fire Ins.
  Loudoun County Circuit Court· 2006-10-13

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Greater Richmond Civic Recreation, Inc. v. A. H. Ewing's Sons, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1959-01-26· cited 42×
• Hartford Fire Insurance v. Mutual Savings & Loan Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1952-01-21· cited 21×
• Steele v. Buck
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1871-09-15· cited 20×
• Glover v. Berger
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1956-03-06· cited 7×
• McGrath v. Dubs
  Montana Supreme Court· 1953-04-24· cited 6×
• McGrath v. Dubs
  Montana Supreme Court· 1953-06-18· cited 3×