Hester v. Bishop’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 12 state decisions

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1. ““And this right to be heard cannot be cut off by an inspection or view of the premises by the trier of the facts, however' convincing such an inspection may have been to him. The parties, defendants as well as complainants, have the right to make a record of what their own witnesses introduced by them and at their selection and call will have to say even if the trier, on account of his view of the premises, would not be moved by such witnesses — for appeals are given by law in cases such as this. “We do not go further into the matter of the view or inspection as made in this case than to say that the trier of the facts may not receive any ex parte oral communications outside of court, whether on an inspection or elsewhere, and use these as factors in arriving at a decision. Communications as to facts on the merits of any litigated case may be presented only by sworn witnesses, or by the agreement of counsel.””

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