Berwind-White Coal Min. Co. v. Martin
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the CircuitUourt of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHBALD, District Judge.
This case was tried by the court without the intervention of a jury. Rev. St. U. S. §§ 649, 700 [U. S. Comp. St. pp. 525, 570]. The defendant presented a number of re*314quests for special findings of fact and conclusions of law, but the court, without passing upon them, found generally that the plaintiff was entitled to recover. There can be no question as to the entire propriety of this course. The statute expressly provides that the finding of the court on the facts may be general or special, and you can no more compel the latter than you can require a special verdict…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Norris v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- Insurance Co. v. FolsomSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Lehigh Zinc and Iron Company v. BamfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Consolidated Coal Co. v. PeersIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- Cooper v. OmohundroSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Co. v. BarkerTexas Supreme Court · 1928
- United States v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1921
- Denver Live Stock Commission Co. v. LeeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1927
- Pennok Oil Co. v. Roxana Petroleum Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923
- Compania Transcontinental De Petroleo v. Mexican Gulf Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
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