Smith v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis
1876
Citation profile
1 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently December 1919
1 district · 3 state decisions
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Most-quoted passages
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““The corporation has, however, a remedy over against the party that is in fault, and has so used the streets as to produce the injury, unless it was also a wrong-doer. If it was through the fault of Robbins that Woodbury was injured, he is concluded by the judgment recovered, if he knew that the suit was pending and could have defended it. An express notice to him to defend the suit was not necessary in order to charge his liability. He knew that the ease was in court; was told of the day of trial; was applied to to assist in procuring testimony, and wrote to a witness; and is as much chargeable with notice as if he had been directly told that he could contest Woodbury’s right to recover, and that the city would look to him for indemnity. ” Pages 422, 423.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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