Legal Opinion

Clarke v. . the Rochester and Syracuse Railroad Company

New York Court of Appeals

Decided December 5, 1856PublishedCited by 35 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 fact that the plaintiff was allowed a passage for himself on the train in which his horses were carried did not prove conclusively, if at all, that he was to attend to their safety during the journey. It may very well be that he desired to be present at the time and place of delivery in order to take care of them there, and that the privilege of taking passage in the same train was allowed him for that purpose. The charge which permitted the jury to find an…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Robert Boyce, in Error v. Paul Anderson, in ErrorSupreme Court of the United States · 1829

3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Covington Stock-Yards Co. v. KeithSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  2. Moulton v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
  3. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
  4. Terre Haute & Logansport Railroad v. SherwoodIndiana Supreme Court · 1892
  5. Kansas Pacific Rly. Co. v. Nichols, Kennedy & Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1872

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