Higgins v. Ruppert’s Empirical Analysis
1908
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
October 1996
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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“<£* * * fjijjg mere fap 0f the bundle (steel rods) sufficed to make out a case for the plaintiff for the jury. The maxim that the thing speaks for itself applied. It is a fair inference that the bundle would not have fallen if carefully placed.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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