Legal Opinion
Goodrich v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 22, 1889PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] It was decided in Gottlieb v. New York, Lake Erie WesternRailroad Company (100 N.Y. 462), that a railroad company is bound to inspect the cars of another company used upon its road, just as it would inspect its own cars. That it owes this duty as master, and is responsible for the consequences of such defects as would be disclosed or discovered by ordinary inspection. That when cars come to it from another road which have defects, visible or discernible by…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Fuller v. . JewettNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Ellis v. . N.Y., L.E. W.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Gottlier v. New York, Lake Erie & Western RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
3Cited by33 opinions
- Felton v. BullardCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1899
- Alabama G. S. R. v. CarrollCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1898
- Arnold v. President, Managers & Co. of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Kiley v. Rutland RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1908
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1899
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