Trachsel v. First Trust & Savings Bank

— The law is often accused of relying too much upon technicalities. It i's said that it resorts to splitting hairs, and forsakes the demands of common sense and justice in so doing. Much of this criticism comes from those who, in common parlance, do not know what they are talking about; who1 fail to understand the complexities that neees'sarily attend the establishment and enforcement of rules by which the relations of men must be governed; the necessity for some standards of conduct which must be set up so that all may know them and order their affairs and activities accordingly; and that…