In Re Dossett’s Empirical Analysis
1894
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
2
states following
November 1912
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Dunn v. State · State v. Montgomery · Lewin v. Dille · Samuels v. State · Horner v. Pilkington
Most-quoted passages
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““Courts in all civilized countries are instituted for the dispatch of public business, and are not to be circumscribed by legal technicality, ’ in this rapid commercial era, by the rusty usages of the past, but, adapting themselves to the progressive march of civilization, must conform their rules of procedure to meet the necessities of the age.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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