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· 3/29/1880

Walden v. Skinner

Citations

  • 101 U.S. 577
  • 25 L. Ed. 963
  • 1879 U.S. LEXIS 1959

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that “Courts of equity afford relief in case of mistake of facts, and allow parol evidence to vary and reform written contracts”
  • \The addition to a lawsuit of a purely nominal party-the holder of the stakes of the dispute between the plaintiff and the original defendant--does not affect diversity jurisdiction.\

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Judges: Clifford

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