· 1/15/1841
Duncan v. Hawks
Citations
- 17 La. 548
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “A district court has broad discretion to stay proceedings as part of its inherent power to control its own docket.”
- “[C]onsideration is essential; mutuality of obligation is not, unless the want of mutuality would leave one party without a valid or available consideration for his promise.”
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Judges: Mokphy
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