Legal Opinion

Wilson v. Pennsylvania Railroad

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided June 12, 1899PublishedCited by 14 opinions

On rule to show cause.

1Opinion of the Court

*386The.opinion of the court was delivered by

Garrison, J.

At the trial of this cause the only thing that stood between the plaintiff aud a nonsuit was the impression of the court that there was some evidence that the plaintiff had driven the wagon with the mail bags in it upon previous occasions. He was mistaken. There is no such evidence. What misled the court were the following questions and answers :

“Q. What did you see him doing?
“A. Carrying the mail.
“Q. From where?

‘■A. The Pennsylvania railroad.

“Q. In a wagon or on foot?
“A. On foot; sometimes he would have a little wagon.”

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2Cited by14 opinions

  1. McDonough v. VozzelaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
  2. Bacon v. SandbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
  3. Ramp v. OsborneOregon Supreme Court · 1925
  4. Kennedy v. Union Charcoal & Chemical Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1928
  5. Gibson v. DupreeColorado Court of Appeals · 1914

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