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A bungled house sale, a bankrupt couple, and a statutory puzzle involving debts incurred through fraud

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Dissatisfied with the purchase, Buckley eventually obtained a judgment in a California state court based on the failure of the Bartenwerfers to disclose information about the house on the standard-form Transfer Disclosure Statement. Buckley also emphasizes a Supreme Court decision from 1885 (not a typo), Strang v.

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