Smith v. Enochs’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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1. “III. Ordinarily, the word purchaser has two well defined meanings. It may be employed in the broad sense to include anyone who obtains title otherwise than by descent and distribution. In its more commonly used and ordinarily accepted sense it refers to a vendee or buyer who has purchased property for a valuable consideration.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
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