supreme+rule

  • 131syllabus rule — The rule that the syllabus of a decision, as printed in the cases contained in the state reports, alone constitutes the law of the case. Walsh v E. G. Shinner & Co. (CA3 Del) 20 F2d 586. Such rule is established in Ohio as a rule of court… …

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  • 132superior servant rule — The common law rule that an employee assumes the risk of the negligence of his superior fellow servant in directing employees, the operation of machinery, and the conduct of the work, to the same extent that he assumes the risk of the negligence… …

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