Womack v. Lovell

Opinion

BEDSWORTH, Acting P. J.—

I. INTRODUCTION

In their rock-and-roll standard, “End of the Innocence,” Bruce Hornsby and Don Henley note that “The lawyers dwell on small details.” That’s true. We have to. The devil isn’t the only resident in the details; sometimes truth and fairness lodge there as well. ■

In this case, we address a “detail” that was lost or hidden and resulted in what we consider an injustice. Fortunately, as is usually the case, painstaking attention to other small details enables us to correct this injustice. If you dwell on small details with an eye to fairness, the law…