Battle v. . Mercer

Tbe circumstances of tbis case bave caused a most critical and searching examination of tbe petition to rehear. It is tbe policy of our law to give every litigant full and ample opportunity to be beard. Tbis tbe petitioning defendants bave bad in tbe instant suit; and if they bave lost any rights, it must be attributed to their own laches and want of attention in looking after their case. Tbe adjective law is not to be enforced harshly or oppressively, but rather in a spirit of liberality, to tbe end tbat justice may be administered in all cases. But tbis does not mean tbat procedural…