Briscoe v. Laughlin’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “‘ ‘ Usually, use of the words could do no harm, as a jury would readily understand their purport. But here the words were entirely inappropriate unless their meaning was defined, for they related to the real issue of the case, that is to say, did the defendant kill or cause the dog to be killed while he was chasing or threatening to chase defendant's sheep, and if he was, whether the act was or was not wrongful and without good’ cause under the pleadings.” [Briscoe v. Laughlin, 161 Mo. App. 76, 79 , 143 S. W. 65 .] (Italics ours.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 233 Mo. App. 832 - Meyer v. Weber