Legal Opinion
Stevens v. Abbott, Proctor & Paine
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided August 6, 1968No. Civ. A. 5346PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MERHIGE, District Judge.
The plaintiff herein, a housewife with no business training, married to a portrait artist, is a high school graduate and attended a girls’ finishing school. Her husband has a limited education and the record is devoid of any particular business acumen on his part. The plaintiff has never been gainfully employed and the Court finds that she is utterly naive and unsophisticated in reference to financial transactions. To adequately describe plaintiff’s lack of sophistication in financial matters would be a herculean task. Suffice it to say, on being questioned…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Sprague v. Ticonic National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Trustees v. GreenoughSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Tcherepnin v. KnightSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Fleischmann Distilling Corp. v. Maier Brewing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by64 opinions
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- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,437 Hetty Fey v. Walston & Co., Inc., and Robert A. SpiraCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
- Bertha Hecht, and v. Harris, Upham & Co., a Partnership, Harris, Upham & Co., Inc., a Corporation, AndCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- Dr. D. W. NEWMAN Et Al., Appellees, v. Ferrell PRIOR, AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
- Helen C. Carras and Bill G. Carras, Co-Executors of the Estate of Gus N. Carras, Deceased v. James S. Burns, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
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