Green v. Green’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “It is true that where a trial is had before the court without a jury, the admission of incompetent evidence does not necessarily require reversal, particularly where there is no reasonable probability that such evidence had any effect on the result. Some courts hold that there is a presumption that the incompetent evidence was disregarded and the issue determined from a consideration of the competent evidence only. But we do not think these principles can soundly be applied to the situation before us.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
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