Calhoun v. Taylor’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““If, as alleged, and concluded by the trial judge, Calhoun assumed the debt to Taylor, he is liable for it, and the judgment is correct. We strip the case of all complications and unnecessary side issues about the conversion of the property, about which large portions of briefs of both parties seem to be concerned, and hold Calhoun liable on his assumption of the debt.””

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