Springham v. Kordek’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
December 2007
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hall v. Barlow Corporation · Crawford v. Crawford · Milholland v. Tiffany · Schilbach v. Schilbach · George L. Schnader, Jr., Inc. v. Cole Building Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“It is true she was under no legal obligation to make this payment, but, under the circumstances stated, she cannot be regarded as a mere stranger or volunteer, officiously intermeddling with a matter which in no way concerned her. There are no intervening incumbrances or rights of creditors to be interfered with, nor any superior or equal equities to be displaced.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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