Locke v. . Merrick’s Empirical Analysis
1944
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
August 2009
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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“should not be narrow or technical nor compliance therewith examined with a judicial microscope in order that every slight defect may be magnifiedrather, the construction ought to be fair and reasonable, so as not to defeat the act or the beneficial results where all material provisions of the statute have been complied with.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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