Legal Opinion
Eldridge v. Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided November 18, 1912PublishedCited by 10 opinions
On error to the Supreme Court, whose opinion is reported in 51 Vroom 478.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Gabkjsoit, J.
Briefly stated, the question is whether the one year limitation for actions for death contained in the fifty-eighth section of the General Railroad law (Pamph. L. 1903, p. 674) is superseded by the Death act (Pamph. L. 1907, p. 386), by which actions for death may be brought at any time within two years.
This question is, we think, controlled by the rule that “when the legislature frames a new and general rule covering an entire subject-matter all earlier and different rules touching the same matter are to be discarded in favor of such…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State v. MillerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1905
- Lapsley v. Public Service Corp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1908
- Thomas Harrington's Sons Co. v. Mayor of Jersey CitySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1910
- Margaret County v. Pacific Coast Borax Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1902
3Cited by10 opinions
- Negron v. LlarenaSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1998
- Peters v. Public Service Corp. of N.J.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1942
- Holzsager v. WarburtonDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1978
- Florence M. Clarke v. The Pennsylvania Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- Johnson v. Asbury Park Press, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1936
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