Lesh v. Meyer’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “The execution of the written assignment of the several accounts to Meyer was admitted. Under this state of the pleading, the defense that Meyer was not the real party in interest, that the assignment was only colorable, and that he had no such beneficial interest as would entitle him to maintain the action, was new matter, and should have been pleaded, before evidence is admissible tending to prove such defense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. McLean v. Morrow