Legal Opinion

People v. . Van Tassel

New York Court of Appeals

Decided October 4, 1898PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the appellate division affirming a judgment, convicting defendant of subornation of perjury.

1Opinion of the CourtBartlett, J.

In 1895 the defendant brought an action to recover damages for personal inj uries which he claimed to have sustained by falling into an excavation in Main street, in the city of Poughkeepsie. The trial resulted in a verdict for the city. The defendant was unable to produce any witnesses in that action who saw the alleged accident He afterwards brought an action against Adriance & Son, the contractors who had charge of the work iu Main street, and upon that trial he produced two witnesses, Roehle and Hannigan, who swore that they helped lift him out of the excavation into which he had fallen.…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Stokes v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1873
  2. People v. . PeckensNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
  3. People v. . McKaneNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
  4. Kelley v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1874
  5. Mayer v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1880

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Keviczky v. LorberNew York Court of Appeals · 1943
  2. State v. OrfanakisNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1916
  3. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1920
  4. People v. WeinseimerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
  5. Gooch v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1936

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