Todd v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 18 state decisions

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1. “If it be conceded for the purposes of this case, therefore, that error of law does appear upon the record, which would ordinarily entitle the complainant to relief, yet we are of the opinion that the bill was subject to demurrer for the reason that it appears that the error committed has been waived, the decree of the court accepted and acted upon, and the complainants received the benefits thereof. It is a general rule that where an appellant is shown to have accepted the benefits of the judgment, order, or decree, the appeal will be dismissed. [Citation omitted; emphasis added.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reeb v. Murphy

2. “It would seem that had an appeal been taken after they had accepted the decree by receiving the benefits thereunder that it would have been dismissed upon motion in this court, for, as said in the recent case of Shannon v. Mower, 186 Ala. 472 , 65 South. 338 , “the principle of a quasi estoppel by election is the common ground of the cases, — the principle which prevents a party from drawing a judgment into question to the prejudice of his adversary after he has coerced its execution or accepted its benefits.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reeb v. Murphy