Thomas v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
February 1973
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Shaffer v. Berger · Leo M. Bernstein & Co. Sales, Inc. v. Miller · Coldicott v. W. C. & A. N. Miller Development Co.
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“[Wjhen the owners of realty accept a prospective buyer’s offer by entering into a contract of sale and then prevent the carrying out of the contract by their own default, the burden is upon them to show that the buyer would have been unable or lacked the intent to carry out the sale.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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