· 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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