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Clayton's case. 1 Mer. 572. The rule in this case is that payments are presumed, prima facie, to be appropriated to debts in the order in which they are incurred, but see Hallett'' Estate, 13 C.D. 696, as to payments by a trustee, and s. 38, Bankruptcy Act, 1914, also APPROPRIATION OF PAYMENTS.

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