When a party improperly assigns the same contract rights to more than one assignee,the American rule provides that the earliest assignment in time prevails.

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The American rule, also known as the first in time, first in right rule, provides that the first assignee to receive the assignment prevails over any subsequent assignees in cases of multiple assignments of the same contract rights.

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