Smith v. Hanson’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““If 400 cubic feet in fact make a ton, any fraudulent intent on the part of the defendant would effect nothing even if proved to have existed; if not, any guaranty to that effect would have been equally potent whether made' fraudulently or honestly. Hence in reality the question of fraud is in no effective sense in the case at all.” (p. 239.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Smith v. Hanson