Delafield v. . Parish

The great mass of evidence before us; the large number of elaborate medical disquisitions which are not evidence, and the extended and profound arguments of counsel, would naturally create the impression that this case is one involving not merely intricate questions of law, but complicated matters of fact, depending on scientific principles, difficult of application, and that any satisfactory opinion upon it must include a particular analysis of all the voluminous papers. A very protracted and careful examination of all the evidence in the case, with reference as well to the medical essays as…