Discharge set up in avoidance
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 52 U.S. 131 - James McCoy v. Zachariah Rhodes and His Wife Luminda Montgomery · 1850Most cited · 14 citing opinions
In such case the rule is, 'that a discharge set up in avoidance, coupled with an admitted liability, if the answer be replied to, (as here it is,) must be proved by the defendant.
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