Butler v. Alcus’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““The third plea denies that any such bond was ever returned with the attachment, and the plaintiff, in his replication, avers and affirms that the bond was taken and returned with the attachment. The plaintiff therefore holds the affirmative of the issue and must prove it, and, having failed to do so upon the trial of the cause, the court did not err in excluding the bond as evidence. And it is believed that- it should have been returned with the attachment, and that there was no error, therefore, in overruling the demurrer to said third plea.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. New Albany Wholesale Grocery Co. v. Wells