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Bringing Third Parties Into Actions At Law—Set-Off Against The Assignor, Edson R. Sunderland
Bringing Third Parties Into Actions At Law—Set-Off Against The Assignor, Edson R. Sunderland
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It frequently happens, in an action by an assignee, that the defendant wishes to use as a cross-action a claim against the assignor. This results in no diffiulty unless the amount of the set-off against the assignor is greater than the claim of the plaintiff, or unless the cross-action calls for a specific remedy against the assigner in addition to its defensive effect upon the plaintiff's demand. In each of these cases we have a three-sided controversy. In the first, the set-off operates against the plaintiff to the extent of his claim and against the assignor for the balance. In …
Is The Assignee Of A Contract Liable For The Non-Performance Of Delegated Duties?, Grover C. Grismore
Is The Assignee Of A Contract Liable For The Non-Performance Of Delegated Duties?, Grover C. Grismore
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IT is an oft recurring statement that "rights arising out of a contract cannot be transferred if they are coupled with liabilities." It is such obscure statements as this which give rise to and perpetuate error, and an examination of the cases will show that this one has been responsible for no little confusion in regard to the matter of assignment in the law of Contract. Our courts, under the pressure of a well filled docket, are prone to seize upon a broad generalization of this kind without examining its true meaning or defining its proper limitations. It is high …