McCaughn v. Real Estate Land Title & Trust Co., 297 U.S. 606 (1936)

Name: McCaughn v. Real Estate Land Title & Trust Co., 297 U.S. 606 (1936) - Syllabus
Author: U.S. Supreme Court

McCaughn v. Real Estate Land Title & Trust Co.

No. 62

Argued March 13, 1936
Decided March 30, 1936
297 U.S. 606

CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

Syllabus

A general verdict found by the District Court in an action at law, in which a jury trial has been waived, has the same effect as the verdict of a jury; an appellate court cannot pass upon the weight of the evidence. P. 608.

79 F.2d 602, reversed; 7 F.Supp. 742, affirmed.

Certiorari to review the reversal of a judgment for the above-named executors in an action to recover a tax.

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