ALLEN v. ST. LOUIS BANK


120 U.S. 20 (1887)

ALLEN v. ST. LOUIS BANK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 10, 1887.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John N. Rogers, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. James Hagerman for defendant in error, (Mr. Frank Hagerman was with him on the brief.)


MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the court.

When a jury is waived in writing, and the case tried by the court, the court's finding of facts, whether general or special, has the same effect as the verdict of a jury; and although a bill of exceptions is the only way of presenting rulings made in the progress of the trial, the question whether the facts set forth in a special finding of the court, which is equivalent...

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