Fenno v. Primrose’s Empirical Analysis
116 F. 49 · 1902
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
December 1906
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Root v. Railway Co. · William Fowle v. James Lawrason's Executor Apellee · Fowle v. Lawrason's Executor
Most-quoted passages
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““The language of the statute is comprehensive, and in terms gives this court jurisdiction in equity in all cases where an account is to be settled which cannot he conveniently settled in an action of assumpsit, whether in such cases an action of account would lie before the statute or not. And this construction of the statute would not give to the court a more ample jurisdiction than courts of equity have in England, where a bill for an account is sustained in many cases in which an action of account would not lie.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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