Kurzman v. Steir’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
May 1999
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Community National Bank v. Dawes · First National Bank v. Slade · Hendrick v. Whittemore · 8 Mass. App. Ct. 178 - A. John Cohen Ins. Agency v. Middlesex Ins. Co. · Taylor v. Savage
Most-quoted passages
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“§ 147. Typical Instances of Subsuretyship. (1) .... (2) Where a surety assumes his obligation at the request of another surety who is already bound, the former is a subsurety.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cook v. Crabtree
How this case has been treated — in progress
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