Robbie v. City of Miami

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the parties’ subjective intent is not material in determining whether a contract was formed
• noting that it matters not whether there was “the agreement of two minds in one intention, but on the agreement of two sets of external signs — not on the parties having meant the same thing but on their having said the same thing.”
• noting “settlements are highly favored and will be enforced whenever possible”
• objective test used to determine if parties have agreed on two sets of external signs
• “[T]he parties have said the same thing as to the essential elements, and the settlement should be enforced.”
• trial court correctly enforced settlement agreement because the disputed provision in agreement was non-essential

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).