Lee v. Melson’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 1998
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Sparrow v. Bromage · Perkins v. Brown · 19 Tenn. App. 540 - Securities Inv. Co. v. White · Brown & Sons Lumber Co. v. Sessler · Street Railway v. Gore
Most-quoted passages
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“The guiding principle is fairness to both parties. A verdict tainted with error or confusion ought not to stand. On the other hand, the parties are entitled to only one day in court. Once a party has been accorded a fair trial on the merits, unaffected by errors of law, he is not entitled to another trial merely because another party to the suit has been granted a new trial to reverse an error peculiar to him.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Fye v. Kennedy
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