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Fifth Circuit· 5/25/1942

De Loach v. Crowley's, Inc.

Citations

  • 128 F.2d 378
  • 1942 U.S. App. LEXIS 3588

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  • interpreting the rule that pleading should be “construed so as to do substantial justice” in an identically phrased provision in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(e)
  • “Just what [Rule 8(e) ] means is not clear, but it excludes requiring technical exactness, or the making of refined inferences against the pleader, and requires an effort fairly to understand what he attempts to set forth.”

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Judges: Sibley, Holmes, Mc-Cord

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