Stewart v. Devall’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
November 1970
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Landry v. Landry · 79 So. 2d 127 - Williams v. Fisher · Warden v. Porter · Barr v. Henderson · 47 La. Ann. 184 - State ex rel. Billon v. Bourgeois
Most-quoted passages
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““If the cause expressed in the consideration should be one that does not exist, yet the contract cannot be invalidated, if the party can show the existence of a true and sufficient consideration.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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