Wells v. Weston

How courts have described this case

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

• “In evaluating a party’s intent, however, we must examine his outward expression rather than his secret, unexpressed intention.”
• “The mental assent offcontracting] parties is not requisite for the formation of a contract____ In evaluating a party’s intent ... we must examine his outward expression rather than his secret, unexpressed intention.”
• In a suit for specific performance of a property settlement agreement, the parties to the contract may assert defenses of fraud and voidness for lack of mutuality
• In a suit for specific performance of a property settlement agreement, the parties to the contract may assert defenses of fraud and voidness for lack of mutuality

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).