Schaer v. Webster County

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that mutual assent to a contract is based on objective evidence, not the hidden intent of the parties
• holding a meeting of the minds must occur before a legally- binding contract can be formed
• noting that “mutual assent is based on objective evidence, not on the hidden intent of the parties”
• “For a con tract to be valid, the parties must express mutual assent to the terms of the contract.”
• “[T]he claim of a misunderstanding by Schaer was not justified under the circumstances, and does not constitute a lack of mutual assent.”
• “For a contract to be valid, the parties must express mutual assent to the terms of the contract.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).