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Quasi-Contracts--Duress--Recovery Of Payments Made Under Economic Pressure, E.C. V. Greenwood

Michigan Law Review

On September 1, 1939, plaintiff company, engaged in the business of refining, purchasing, transporting and selling gasoline and other petroleum products, entered into two written contracts with defendant retailer. One contract provided for purchase by defendant from plaintiff of real property by monthly installments totaling $32,000, and the other stipulated for purchase from plaintiff of all the gasoline and petroleum products handled by defendant for a period of five years from date. Defendant defaulted in the payment of monthly installments on the real estate contract, and plaintiff brought suit to recover the unpaid balance of $15,200 and sought foreclosure of …