Jackson v. . McLean’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “In regard to the amendment of process, that any defect or omission of a formal character, which would be waived or remedied by a general appearance or answer upon the merits, may be treated as a matter which can be remedied by amendment at the discretion of the court, when the rights of other persons are not affected and no protection withdrawn from the officer.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lee v. . Hoff