Taylor v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““It is certainly true that a final decree upon any question involved in a litigation is a final adjudication of that question, and this is so whether that particular question has or has not been discussed in the opinion of the court. But where the decree contains an adjudication of a question neither involved in the litigation nor discussed in the opinion, this court will treat so much of the decree as a mistake apparent on the face of the record, and at any time after final judgment it may be corrected or expunged. Code, sec. 2878. And this upon proper proceeding, must be the fate of the clause of the decree in question here.” 64 Tenn., pp. 594, 595.”

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