Legal Opinion
State v. Lehigh Valley Railroad
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided August 14, 1917PublishedCited by 17 opinions
On motion to quash indictment.
1Opinion of the Court
*373Tfiie opinion of the court was delivered by
Swayze, J.
It lias long been settled in this state that a corporation aggregate may in a proper case be held criminally for acts of malfeasance as well as for non-feasance. State v. Morris and Essex Railroad Co., 23 N. J. L. 360; State v. Passaic County Agricultural Society, 54 Id. 260. So well settled is the general rule that in the later cases it has not been even questioned. State v. Erie Railroad Co., 83 Id. 231; 84 Id. 661; State v. Lehigh Valley Railroad Co., 89 Id. 48; ante p. 340. Notwithstanding these decisions it is now argued that a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People v. Rochester Railway & Light Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1909
- Commonwealth v. Illinois Central R. R.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
3Cited by17 opinions
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- State Ex Rel. Losey v. WillardSupreme Court of Florida · 1951
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