Involuntary payment
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 51 U.S. 242 - Maxwell v. Griswold · 1850Most cited · 48 citing opinions
Now, it can hardly be meant in this class of cases, that, to make a payment involuntary, it should be by actual violence, or any physical duress. It suffices, if the payment is caused on the one part by an illegal demand, and made on the other part reluctantly and in consequence of that illegality, and without being able to regain possession of his property except by submitting to the payment.
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