Shanks v. Alderson

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “[t]here can be no recovery for counsel fees from the adverse party to a cause, in the absence of express statutory allowance of the same[,] or clear agreement by the parties!,] or some other established exception!.]”
• “The right to punitive damages is merely an incident to a cause of action and not a cause of action in and of itself.”
• “The right to punitive damages is merely an incident to a cause of action and not a cause of action in and of itself.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).