Legal Opinion
Coughlin v. . N.Y.C. and H.R.R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 18, 1877PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On the 13th day of January, 1874, the plaintiff was injured while a passenger on defendant's railroad, and was removed to his home in Buffalo. The next day one of plaintiff's attorneys, Mr. Strong, called upon him and told him somebody had sent him there. He was a stranger to the plaintiff, and plaintiff had not sent for him. He asked the plaintiff if he wished him to take his case against the defendant. The plaintiff replied that he had no money to go to law with the defendant. Strong then said if plaintiff and he could agree, he would furnish the money to go on with the suit, and asked him…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Rooney v. . Second Avenue Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- People ex rel. Stanton v. Tioga C. P.New York Supreme Court · 1837
- Pulver v. . HarrisNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Talcott v. Bronson & BronsonNew York Court of Chancery · 1834
- Pulver v. HarrisNew York Supreme Court · 1872
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3Cited by55 opinions
- Fischer-Hansen v. . Bklyn. Heights R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Matter of HeinsheimerNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Beecher v. Peter A. Vogt Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1920
- In the Matter of the Application of KnappNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- In Re the Proceedings for the Disbarment of ClarkNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
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