Hawkins v. Mims’s Empirical Analysis
1880
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
January 2004
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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“Of course, if the obligee releases any of his securities, or enters into a new contract with the principal, varying the terms of the original agreement ... the non-assenting surety will be discharged, for such acts increase the surety's risk.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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