Willis v. Gordon’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
April 1962
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Harvey v. Engler · McGee v. Finley · Jeansonne v. Jeansonne · Broussard v. Sudrique
Most-quoted passages
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““That said (February 13, 1947) deed was obtained by fraud and was signed through error as she was informed by her father, Charles J. Gordon, that she was signing a mortgage or some instrument permitting her father to borrow $250.00 and that she never knew that she had signed a purported deed until after his death.” (emphasis added)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Willis v. Gordon
How this case has been treated — in progress
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