Legal Opinion
Coddington v. Richardson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 18, 1871PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
77 U.S. 516
19 L.Ed. 981
10 Wall. 516
CODDINGTON
v.
RICHARDSON.
December Term, 1870
ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Illinois; the case being thus:
By section 4 of the act of March 3d, 1865,1 it is provided that parties may submit the issues of fact in civil cases to be tried and determined by the court, without the intervention of a jury. The act continues:
'The finding of the court upon the facts, which finding shall be general or special, shall have the same effect as the verdict of a jury. The rulings of the court in the progress of the trial when excepted to at the time,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ex Parte GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Coddington v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Lynch v. GraysonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1893
- Olcott v. Ennis-Calvert Compress Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1902