WHITFORD v. CLARK COUNTY


119 U.S. 522 (1886)

WHITFORD v. CLARK COUNTY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 20, 1886.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Clinton Rowell and Mr. John B. Henderson for plaintiff in error. Mr. H.A. Clover was with them on the brief.

Mr. Matthew G. Reynolds and Mr. William H. Hatch for defendant in error. Mr. Thomas J.C. Fagg and Mr. James M. Lewis were with them on the brief.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

In this case the trial was by the court, a jury having been waived. The record presents a special finding of facts and certain exceptions to the rulings of the court on the admissibility of testimony. Upon the facts as found we should have had no hesitation in affirming the judgment, but in the rulings excepted to there was error. As part of the evidence on which the findings were made, the court, against...

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