Walson v. Walson

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that attorney’s representations to the contrary were insufficient to give rise to apparent authority when his client had manifestly limited his authority during prior negotiations
• discussing common law agency principles, specifically those distinguishing actual from apparent authority, in the context of an attorney-client relationship
• discussing common law agency principles, specifically those distinguishing actual from apparent authority, in the context of an attorney-client relationship
• noting the sole issue on appeal involves determining whether apparent authority existed
• reversing trial court’s decision that wife was bound by her attorney’s signature on a property settlement agreement when the attorney lacked actual, implied, or apparent authority to accept the terms of negotiation or execute the agreement

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Newman v. Newman
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-03-02· cited 74×
• Avery-Craft v. Young Hee Moon Kang
  Prince William County Circuit Court· 2008-08-08· cited 1×
• Andrews v. Andrews
  Prince William County Circuit Court· 2010-04-14· cited 1×
• Saffold v. Conway & Assoc.
  Northampton County Circuit Court· 2004-11-04
• Alper v. Wiley
  Loudoun County Circuit Court· 2010-09-17
• XL Insurance America, Inc. v. BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.
  Henrico County Circuit Court· 2013-05-31

Cites

29 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Hallock v. State
  New York Court of Appeals· 1984-12-27· cited 950×
• Blanton v. Womancare, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1985-03-25· cited 196×
• Anderson v. Anderson
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-05-11· cited 174×
• Louis Fennell v. Tlb Kent Company and Joseph Pietryka
  Second Circuit· 1989-01-10· cited 138×
• Keithley Edwards v. Born, Inc. Appeal of Keithley Edwards and Edith Edwards
  Third Circuit· 1986-06-11· cited 74×
• Lapidus v. Lapidus
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-01-20· cited 63×
• Parish v. Spaulding
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-02-17· cited 59×
• Naulty v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-07-15· cited 57×
• Richardson v. Richardson
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-05-22· cited 56×
• Torian v. Torian
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-04-23· cited 55×
• Amatuzzo v. Kozmiuk
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1997-11-14· cited 55×
• National Labor Relations Board v. Donkin's Inn, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1976-04-28· cited 54×
• Bronson's v. Chappell
  Supreme Court· 1871-11-27· cited 46×
• Parish v. Spaulding
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1999-02-26· cited 40×
• Kenneth D. Auvil v. Grafton Homes, Incorporated
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-08-06· cited 39×
• New England Educational Training Service, Inc. v. Silver Street Partnership
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1987-04-24· cited 36×
• Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest v. Doe
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1995-09-13· cited 36×
• Nolde Bros. v. Chalkley
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1945-11-19· cited 34×
• Scott v. Randle
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1998-04-23· cited 30×
• Nelson v. Consumers Power Co.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1993-02-01· cited 28×