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Abstracts Of Recent Cases, T. E. P.
Damage Awards, Instructions, And The Jury's Common Knowledge, H. G. U.
Damage Awards, Instructions, And The Jury's Common Knowledge, H. G. U.
West Virginia Law Review
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Contributory Negligence--Instructions, L. L. P.
Contributory Negligence--Instructions, L. L. P.
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Defense Of Laches And A Correlative, John W. Plattenburg
The Defense Of Laches And A Correlative, John W. Plattenburg
West Virginia Law Review
The term laches, when used in a legal sense, generally brings to mind the image of the complainant who has slept on his rights for an unreasonable length of time, and who is now precluded from asserting those rights. Laches connotes the passage of time and a laxness on the part of a party to assert his rights during the time elapsed. The defense of laches, as applied in equity, is a much more restricted doctrine than is apparent in this connotation of the word. The purpose of this note is to show what generally constitutes a defense of laches, …