Newell v. Wm. Filene's Sons Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• construing statute imposing a criminal penalty if any person “attempts to commit any crime, ... when no other provision is made by law for the punishment of such attempt,” to require specific intent
• “an overt act toward the commission of the crime charged”
• “although it may have been his intention”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).