Legal Opinion
Jelliffe v. Thaw
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 4, 1933No. 2PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff brought this action to recover $10,000 for services rendered by him to the defendant “as a physician, alienist, neurologist, and medical adviser” from the year 1907 to August, 1913. At the latter date, the defendant, after having been acquitted of a charge of murder on the ground of insanity and sentenced to Matteawan State Hospital, escaped from the hospital.
The services involved were performed in connection with the second trial of Thaw for murder, and preparation therefor and after-wards while he was confined in Matteawan. At the close of the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- McCormick v. SullivantSupreme Court of the United States · 1825
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- Connecticut Trust & Safe Deposit Co. v. WeadNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Mack v. MendelsNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
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