Towle v. First Nat. Bank

Citations

• 153 F. 566
• 82 C.C.A. 520
• 1907 U.S. App. LEXIS 4438

Syllabus

<p>Trial — Federal Courts — Special Findings Where Jury is Waived.</p> <p>Special findings by a trial judge in an action at law in a federal court, where a jury has been waived pursuant to the provisions of Rev. St. § 649 [TJ. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 525], have the same effect as special verdicts of a jury, and must embrace a finding on every material issue joined in the case, otherwise the result is a mistrial.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For cases in point, see Cent. Dig. vol. 46, Trial, § 935.]</p>