Powell v. Van Donselaar’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “The general aspect of a decree or judgment represents a right on the one hand and an obligation to respond on the other. Responses may be made agreeable to the terms of the decree or judgment but this is not exclusive. If the holder of the right is willing to and does accept something different he may do so.. . . It is well established by reported cases in numerous jurisdictions that a judgment debtor or debtor under a decree in equity may satisfy the obligation of such judgment or decree by performance of an agreement to satisfy in some manner other than that provided for by the judgment or decree.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 5 Neb. Ct. App. 205 - Gutierrez v. Gutierrez