Viewing Douglas A. Hedin: "Holcombe vs. McKusick and the U. S. Supreme Court's Reaction to the Codification Movement of the 1850s."Douglas A. Hedin: "Holcombe vs. McKusick and the U. S. Supreme Court's Reaction to the Codification Movement of the 1850s."On May 18, 1858, the United States Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Samuel Nelson, dismissed Holcombe vs. McKusick, an appeal from the Supreme Court of Minnesota Territory, because it lacked jurisdiction. The opinion is noteworthy because Nelson concluded with a tirade against the "complicated and confused" mode of pleading in the territory which he attributed to its "absurd and impractical experiment" in codifying rules of pleading.
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