Legal Opinion
Evans v. S. J. Groves & Sons Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 20, 1963No. Nos. 142 and 143, Dockets 27737 and 27738PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge.
These appeals by an out-of-state defendant from judgments of the District Court for the Northern District of New York in two negligence actions brought by in-state plaintiffs present a number of close questions, mainly of New York law. We have concluded to affirm.
The evidence amply supported the following version of the accident and its immediate sequelae — a version which, indeed, has not been seriously questioned either below or here. On December 10, 1954, one of the plaintiffs, Mrs. Abbie F. Evans, aged 57, was a passenger in the front seat of a farm truck traveling…
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- Herman Schwabe, Inc. v. United Shoe MacHinery CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Concepción Guzmán v. La Autoridad de las Fuentes FluvialesSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1965
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