Heller v. Mattar’s Empirical Analysis
1955
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
October 1956
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Berry v. Sale · Elkins v. Henry Vogt Machine Co. · Walker v. Wood · Berry v. Cousart Bayou Drainage District · City Nat. Bank of Huron v. Fuller
Most-quoted passages
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““ ‘In the substitution of a new debt or obligation for an old one, which is denominated in the civil law a novation, the intention of the parties to that effect should be positively declared; or at least in whatever manner expressed it should be so evident as not to admit of a doubt; in other words, a novation is not to be presumed unless the intention to that effect evidently appears.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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