Legal Opinion
Mabe v. B.P. Oil Corp.
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided April 14, 1976No. 341, September Term, 1975PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLowe, J.
Powers, J., concurs and filed a concurring opinion at page 236 infra. Melvin, J., dissents and filed a dissenting opinion at page 237 infra.
“A large portion of the transactions of the modern business world is carried on by simple and informal means. A word or look or gesture often suffices to give assent to great undertakings or to set in motion the complicated machinery of commerce. Little, often, is said or written, but that little carries with it a train of legal consequences no less certain and definite than if the whole were included in the spoken or written words. This being so good…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Augustine Gizzi, and Anthony Giaccio v. Texaco, Inc., Appeal of Anthony GiaccioCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- Smith v. BernfeldCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1961
- Coe v. EsauSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1963
- Chevron Oil Co. v. Sutton Ex Rel. SuttonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1973
- Texas Co. v. WheatTexas Supreme Court · 1943
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Drexel v. Union Prescription Centers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- B. P. Oil Corp. v. MabeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1977
- Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society v. Mutual Fire, Marine & Inland InsuranceCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1977
- Drexel v. Union Prescription Centers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Nation v. City and County of DenverColorado Court of Appeals · 1984
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