Kers v. Erwin’s Empirical Analysis
1832
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
June 1913
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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““According to the provisions of this article, the defendant is clearly released from the' payment of the debt now claimed from him, unless there be something in the circumstances of the case which excuse the plaintiffs from not suing him sooner. * * * The article 3551 (3516) provides that the prescription releasing debts is interrupted by ail such causes as interrupt prescription by which property is acquired.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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