Getty Oil Co. v. Ruckelshaus

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• finding an antecedent debt existed where payment was made in satisfaction of a pre-existing debt
• “[I]ntent is an operation of the mind, it should be proven and found as a fact, and is rarely to be inferred as a matter of law.”
• judicial estoppel applies “[w]here a party assumes a certain position in a legal proceeding, [ ] succeeds in maintaining that position, [and] thereafter, simply because his interests have changed, assume[s] a contrary position” (citation and quotations omitted)

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