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A Wikipedia article on Taylor v Caldwell, the 1863 English contract law case that established the common law doctrine of impossibility.

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Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_v_Caldwell
Source Type
encyclopedia
Reliability Tier
2
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Claims Backed By This Source (16 claims)

This source backs 16 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 5 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Landmark Cases, 10 claims: 5 well-attested, 5 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Doctrines, 1 claims: 1 holds.

Well-attested

10

Landmark Cases

Holds

1

General References

5

Landmark Cases

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