Bonney v. Farmer’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
September 1994
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Shirrell v. Missouri Edison Co. · Laurie v. Ezard
Most-quoted passages
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““Missouri law favors the disposition of cases upon their merits when possible.” Bonney v. Farmer, 613 S.W.2d 463, 464 (Mo.App.1981). Whether a case is prosecuted diligently must be decided on a case by case basis. Bonney at 464 ; Laurie v. Ezard, 595 S.W.2d 336, 338 (Mo.App.1980).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. McClure v. Wingo
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