McCloud v. Bufkin’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
February 2010
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 292 So. 2d 575 - Hardy v. Kidder · 436 So. 2d 1329 - Binswanger Glass Co. v. Sanders
Most-quoted passages
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“When an instrument in writing, containing obligations which the party wishes to enforce, has been lost or destroyed, by accident or force, evidence may be given of its contents, provided the party show the loss, either by direct testimony, or by such circumstances, supported by the oath of the party, as render the loss probable;....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In every case where a lost instrument is made the foundation of a suit or defense, it must appear that the loss has been advertised within a reasonable time in a public newspaper and proper means taken to recover the possession of the instrument;....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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