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Taylor v Caldwell (Wikipedia)

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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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_v_Caldwell
Source Type
encyclopedia
Reliability Tier
2
Sources
Taylor v Caldwell (Wikipedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (20 claims)

This source backs 20 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 6 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Landmark Cases, 14 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds, 6 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Doctrines, 1 claims: 1 holds.

Well-attested

11

Landmark Cases

Holds

3

Landmark Cases

General References

6

Landmark Cases

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