Shields v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1906
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
August 1957
most recently cited
1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Columbia Co v. Hawthorne · Union Ins Co Philadelphia v. Smith · Bogk v. Gassert · Northern Pac Co v. Mares · Grand Trunk Ry Co of Canada v. Cummings
Most-quoted passages
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““Can a party bring an action to quiet title, with one of his causes of action alleging $500. damages for trespass and wrongful holding, and then, before the action is tried, dismiss his right to damages, and immediately turn round and file another action claiming damages and injunction?””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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