Tanner v. Edwards’s Empirical Analysis
1906
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
3
states following
August 1971
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Fitzsimmons v. . City of Brooklyn · Nichols v. . MacLean · State ex rel. Worrell v. Carr · Board of Auditors v. Benoit · People ex rel. Dorsey v. Smyth
Most-quoted passages
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“* * * His act is only valid when it concerns the public, and this upon the principle that the public is presumed to be unaware of his want of title. If he performs the services or duties, no matter how faithfully, he can maintain no action to recover the emoluments. * * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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