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· 10/28/1918

County of Rock Island v. Dunne

Citations

  • 248 U.S. 532
  • 39 S. Ct. 10
  • 63 L. Ed. 405
  • 1918 U.S. LEXIS 1619

How courts have described this case

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  • “Mere delay will not bar relief in equity on the ground of laches.”
  • “Mere delay will not bar relief in equity on the ground of laches. ‘Laches is a delay in the assertion of a known right which works to the disadvantage of another, or such delay as will warrant the presumption that the party has waived his right.’”
  • “Mere delay will not bar relief in equity on the ground of laches. ‘Laches is a delay in the assertion of a known right which works to the disadvantage of another, or such delay as will warrant the presumption that the party has waived his right.’ ”

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