Gentry v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
May 1970
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Irion v. Nelson · Wilcox Oil Company v. Lawson · Terry v. Water Improvement Dist. No. 5 · Shultz v. Dillard
Most-quoted passages
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“Cl ⅝ * * “When such a situation exists in an action of legal cognizance that is triable by a jury, but where jury trial has been waived, the trial court’s judgment, as to issues of fact, is affirmed if there is any competent evidence reasonably tending to support it. * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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