Legal Opinion
Seybolt v. . the N.Y., L.E. W.R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 15, 1884PublishedCited by 50 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.] The cause of the accident whereby the plaintiff's intestate lost his life was left in some doubt by the testimony, and was altogether a matter of inference for the jury to draw from the circumstances appearing in evidence relating thereto.
No direct evidence was given on the subject by either party, the defendant seeking to establish the inference that it was occasioned by the breaking of an axle by proving from the evidence of its employes and others that the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Caldwell v. . New Jersey Steamboat Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Vanderbilt v. . SchreyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Nolton v. . Western Railroad CorporationNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
- J. Russell Manufacturing Co. v. New Haven Steamboat Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Stinson v. . N.Y.C.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1865
3Cited by50 opinions
- Conklin v. Canadian-Colonial Airways, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1935
- De Cicco v. . SchweizerNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
- Fitzgerald v. RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
- Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co. v. South Pork Coal Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1905
- Sinkovitz v. Peters Land Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
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