Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Cooles
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided August 22, 1935PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Layton, C. J.,
delivering the opinion of the Court:
The rule, res ipso loquitur, is invoked in aid of the first count, and it is to be determined whether it ought to be applied to the situation presented.
This doctrine has been recognized in this State in cases of injuries by machinery and dangerous agencies. In Sweeney v. Jessup & Moore Paper Co., 4 Penn. 284, 54 A. 954, the court, on demurrer, without opinion, held the rule to apply in the case of an explosion of a wood pulp digester. In Wood v. Wilmington City Ry. Co., 5 Penn. 369, 64 A. 246, the rule was applied in the case of an injury to a…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- San Juan Light & Transit Co. v. RequenaSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Zahniser v. Pennsylvania Torpedo Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
- Sinkovitz v. Peters Land Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
- Anderson v. McCarthy Dry Goods Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1908
- Bonita Theatre v. BridgesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1924
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Robelen Piano Company v. Di FonzoSupreme Court of Delaware · 1961
- Dittiger v. Isal Realty Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1943
- Ciociola v. Delaware Coca-Cola Bottling CompanySupreme Court of Delaware · 1961
- Freeman v. X-Ray Associates, P.A.Supreme Court of Delaware · 2010
- Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. v. BunceWyoming Supreme Court · 1936
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