Quote#Books & Reading
It is to my mind much to be regretted, and it is a regret which I…
Quote byArthur Kekewich · 1832–1907
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Union Bank v. Munster (1887), L. R. 37 CD. 54..
English (original)
It is to my mind much to be regretted, and it is a regret which I believe every Judge on the bench shares, that text-books are more and more quoted in Court—I mean, of course, text-books by living authors—and some Judges have gone so far as to say that they shall not be quoted.
— Arthur Kekewich
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