Mills v. Mendonca’s Empirical Analysis
1909
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
May 1962
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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““ * * * It was neither necessary nor proper to prove at the trial of this case whether the circumstances justified the original claim or not, the modern and better rule being that the compromise of even a groundless claim, so long as it is bona fide, is consideration.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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