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AMORY v. AMORY ET AL.

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91 U.S. 356 (1876)

23 L.Ed. 436

AMORY, v. AMORY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 20, 1876.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. M.H. Carpenter in support of a motion to advance and dismiss the cause.

Mr. George F. Edmunds, contra.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

We cannot dismiss a case on motion simply because we may be of the opinion that it has been brought here for delay only. Both parties have the right to be heard on the merits; and one party cannot require the other to come to such a hearing upon a mere motion to dismiss. To dismiss under such circumstances would be to decide that the case had no merits. Neither can we advance a cause for argument for the...

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