Ward v. Ward’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““(1) The execution and delivery of appellant’s note, payable to Dorothy Hume (Timmons), and her acceptance thereof, in lieu of Roy O’Donnell’s admitted liability to her, which obligation and liability she thereby released and extinguished to O’Donnell, constituted a good and valuable consideration for the execution of said note and the delivery thereof by said O’Donnell to her. “(2) The Merrell note, having been executed and delivered to Dorothy Hume (Timmons) to be in lieu of Roy O’Donnell’s liability and obligation to her, and she having released,' discharged, and extinguished the same, in consideration of receiving and accepting said note, said note was not void as against public policy, or in violation of Article 428 of the Penal Code, because there was no criminal prosecution either pending or potential against Merrell, and there was no close family relationship between O’Donnell and Mer-rell, and Dorothy Hume (Timmons) made no agreement with O’Donnell or Merrell that she would procure the dismissal of the original prosecution then pending against O’Donnell in consideration of the execution and delivery of the note.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Merrell v. Timmons

2. “To render a note or deed of trust void ..., the parties must expressly or impliedly agree that anticipated prosecution of the offender will be suppressed by one of the parties to the transaction; and a note and a deed executed by one of the parties to the other, with the mere hope that their execution may avoid prosecution for crime or mitigate punishment in the event of prosecution, are not thereby rendered illegal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Robinson v. Hinkley (In Re Hinkley)