Legal Opinion
McFarland v. Consolidated Gas Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Decided August 24, 1903Published
On Motion for Bill of Particulars.
1Opinion of the Court
HOLT, District Judge.
It is difficult to harmonize the cases in which it has been held that bills of particulars should be given or should not be given in negligence suits. They appear to have been ordered much more freely in cases brought by the person inj'ured than in cases brought by the personal representatives of the person injured. I think that among the cases cited those most similar to the case at bar have ordered bills of particulars to be furnished. Wilson v. American, etc., Co., 56 App. Div. 527, 67 N. Y. Supp. 508; Myers v. Albany Ry. Co., 5 App. Div. 596, 39 N. Y. Supp. 446; Field…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Wilson v. American Steel & Copper Plate Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Wilson v. American Steel & Copper Plate Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Field v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1901
- Myers v. Albany RailwayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896