Thompson v. Miller

How courts have described this case

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

• “A contract for life will be upheld only where the intention, that the contract’s duration is for life, is clearly expressed in unequivocal terms.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Holden v. Construction MacHinery Company
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1972-11-15· cited 82×
• Wolfe v. Graether
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1986-07-18· cited 54×
• Stauter v. Walnut Grove Products
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1971-06-17· cited 40×
• Hanson v. Central Show Printing Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1964-10-20· cited 10×
• Bixby v. Wilson & Company
  N.D. Iowa· 1961-08-21· cited 9×
• Oldis v. John Deere Waterloo Tractor Works, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1966-12-13· cited 8×
• Maddaloni v. Western Mass. Bus Lines, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1981-07-10· cited 8×
• Archie's Steak House, Inc. v. Joe Rosenthal & Sons, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1978-10-18
• Douglas v. Middlebury College
  Vermont Superior Court· 2024-07-11

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Primus v. Bellevue Apartments
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1950-10-17· cited 31×
• Leinen v. Boettger
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1950-09-19· cited 29×
• Pappas v. Evans
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1951-06-05· cited 20×
• Wiese v. Hoffman
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1957-12-17· cited 16×
• Moyers v. Sears-Roebuck & Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1951-07-10· cited 10×
• Klein v. Swift & Company
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1957-03-05· cited 9×