Porter v. Robert Porter & Sons, Inc.

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• holding that the Supreme Court will not decide questions where no actual relief will be afforded
• “[Supreme court] will not make useless orders nor grant relief that will avail appellant nothing”
• “[T]his court will not make useless orders nor grant relief that will avail appellant nothing.”
• The 11 1 Supreme Court “will not make useless orders nor grant relief that will avail 2 appellant nothing, and neither will it decide questions that are abstract, hypothetical, 3 or moot, where no actual relief will be afforded.”

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