Siegel v. Banker

How courts have described this case

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

• language and surrounding circumstances indicate clear intent of parties to make time of the essence
• language and surrounding circumstances indicate clear intent of parties to make time of the essence
• “[T]he failure by one of the parties to perform his part of the obligation within the time prescribed discharges the other from all liability under the contract.”
• the exact phrase “time is of the essence” is not necessary when “definite terms of the contract show the parties regarded time of performance to be of vital importance”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).