Robinson v. Parker
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the plaintiffs from a judgment on verdict in an action on a promissory note. The Court in its opinion stated the case as follows: The appellants, Bushrod Robinson, William L. Chery and Eugene F. Robinson, as plaintiffs, brought this suit in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia May 12, 1896, upon a note made by the defendant, Henry B. Parker, July 15, 1892, and payable to the order of Robinson, Chery and Robinson.
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Hearing on an appeal by the plaintiffs from a judgment on verdict in an action on a promissory note. The Court in its opinion stated the case as follows: The appellants, Bushrod Robinson, William L. Chery and Eugene F. Robinson, as plaintiffs, brought this suit in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia May 12, 1896, upon a note made by the defendant, Henry B. Parker, July 15, 1892, and payable to the order of Robinson, Chery and Robinson. They alleged that they were partners under that name and style. The only plea of the defendant was a denial of the partnership verified as required…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
1. In order to prevent injurious surprises and annoying delays in the administration of justice, rules of practice, looking to the orderly introduction of evidence by the respective parties, are essential. The trial has its regular stages of process, and the evidence should be introduced with direct reference thereto. In many, if not a majority, of the States of the Union, the strictness of the common law practice in respect of the introduction of evidence in chief and in rebuttal has been much relaxed; and the plaintiff is only required to open his case fairly upon all his points with a…
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