Legal Opinion

Fielders v. North Jersey Street Railway Co.

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided November 17, 1902PublishedCited by 22 opinions

On error to the Supreme Court, whose decision is reported in 38 Vroom 76.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Pitney, J.

So far as the opinion of the Supreme Court bases the affirmance of the judgment of the trial court upon the theory that the plaintiff, at the time of her injury, was in the exercise of her rights as a passenger in the act of leaving the defendant’s car, it cannot be sustained. Whatever inference might have been drawn from the evidence upon that subject is a matter of no consequence, for no verdict has been rendered against the defendant upon the ground of neglect of any duty that it owed to'the plaintiff as a passenger. .The trial court…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Taylor v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1881
  2. Flynn v. Canton Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1874
  3. Salisbury v. HerchenroderMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
  4. Knupfle v. . Knickerbocker Ice CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
  5. City of Hartford v. TalcottSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1881

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Willoughby v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1937
  2. Luchejko v. City of HobokenSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2011
  3. City of Madison v. Southern Wisconsin Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1914
  4. Hollus v. Amtrak Northeast CorridorDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1996
  5. St. Louis, B. & M. Ry. Co. v. PriceTexas Commission of Appeals · 1925

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