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← 22 SC 200 - Werts v. Spearman

Werts v. Spearman’s Empirical Analysis

1885

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
3
states following
December 1916
most recently cited

1 federal appellate · 3 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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  1. ““Where an actual fraud is charged, perpetrated with a fraudulent intent, and the proof of the charge consists of circumstances, then good character, as in a case of crime, might be resorted to.””
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

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