Hess v. Bennett’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
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Most-quoted passages
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““With respect to the claim of duress, the legal test to be applied is whether the injured party was bereft of the free exercise of his will power — whether he Was subjected to such a state of mind as to be deprived of free moral agency”. Hess v. Bennett, 554 S.W.2d 503, 506 (Mo.App.1977).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In re Powell
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