Legal Opinion
Greenburg v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 24, 1914PublishedCited by 13 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.] Every case in which one of two innocent persons must suffer for the act or default of a third person, involves some hardship which the courts are unable to mitigate or prevent. The nearest approach to justice in such cases is to lay the burden upon the party through whose agency or initiative the wrong was made possible.
In the case at bar the question is whether the infant plaintiff or the defendant shall suffer for the dereliction of duty by the guardian ad…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Vohmann v. . MichelNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
- Crotty v. Eagle's Adm'rWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1891
- Eidam v. FinneganSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Weber v. . BridgmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Heiter v. JolineAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
3Cited by13 opinions
- Slotkin v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Valdimer v. Mount Vernon Hebrew Camps, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1961
- Honadle v. StaffordNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
- Anderson v. AndersonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
- Southern Ry. Co. v. McKinneyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1921
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