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From: robison@eosp1.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.misc,net.legal
Subject: Re: Legality of refusing to accept bills greater than $20
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Date: Wed, 18-Jan-84 13:19:10 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 18 13:19:10 1984
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(A nonlegal, but rational opinion): I don't quite agree with
Jerry Leichter's friend.  If you offer to pay a $100 bill for
$90 worth of books in a book store and your offer is refused,
you owe the bookstore no debt, yes.  But, I don't see that you
have acquired title to the books!  If you carry them out of the
store, it looks very much like you are stealing them.  How could you
own the books?  You have not given the store a consideration, you have
only cancelled a non-existent debt, which is no benefit to the store.

				  - Toby Robison
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