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- ↑ Ayres, I. & Speidel, R.E. Studies in Contract Law, Seventh Edition. Foundation Press, New York, NY: 2008, p. 508
- ↑ "Lenawee Bd. of Health v. Messerly". Justia Law. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- ↑ Eisenberg, Melvin A. (October 2018). "Forty-Three Shared Mistaken Factual Assumptions ("Mutual Mistakes")". Foundational Principles of Contract Law. pp. 579–594.
- ↑ Ayres, p. 508