What is the authority against the position of an authority against a position for which he is contending?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from McLean v. Garland, 1884 CanLII 15 (ON CA):

Hickmott v. Simmonds, L.R. 2 Eq. 462, the last case cited by the learned Judge, appears to me to be rather an authority against the position for which he was contending.

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