White v. . Jones’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “Whether the sums due from the defendant Bledsoe for rents during his occupation of the land are to be appropriated to the satisfaction of the amount ascertained to be due him, or to the debt still due the estate of Mrs. Stokes for the balance of the purchase-money thereof.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hackett v. . McMillan

2. “It is also declared that the plaintiff is entitled to credit upon the debt due the defendant Neal as the administrator of Mrs. Stokes for the balance of the purchase-money for the rents ascertained to have been received by the defendant Bledsoe.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hackett v. . McMillan