Wright v. Rousselle’s Empirical Analysis
1851
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
October 1904
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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““On principle we would be at a loss for any reason by which the right of the creditor to exercise any legal remedy for the recovery of his debt could be held to be suspended by an appeal on a matter purely incidental, and not inconsistent with the remedy which he seeks to enforce.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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