Irons v. Hussey’s Empirical Analysis
1851
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
June 1946
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brake v. Nichols
Most-quoted passages
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“When an issue is submitted to the court, there must, upon the same principle, be a finding by the court in favor of one party or the other, which it seems clear, there cannot be, if there are but two members of the court, and they disagree as to such finding. There can be no finding by the court unless it is agreed to by the judges, or, at least, a majority of them. Under such circumstances the cause should be continued for a new trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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