Sutter v. Hill’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions

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1. “e. The probative significance of a judgment obtained by confession or default is much less than that of a judgment after trial on the merits. Moreover, the arguments of policy and convenience against duplication of trials have little weight where there has not been a determination after consideration of evidence introduced by both sides to a litigation. Such a judgment against the principal does not create a rebuttable presumption of the principal's liability, in an action between creditor and surety.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 298 So. 2d 676 - First Mobile Home Corporation v. Little