Case law

Opinions from 1658 to today.

904 results

2.37s

  • Lowry v. Inman

    6 Abb. Pr. 394 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jun 15, 1869

    Law, 139 ; Story Confl. of L., § 556 ; 2 Kent Com., ed. of 1866, 559 ; Brown Com., 45, 46 ; Westlake Private Int. Law, Art. 468 ; Id., Art. 166 ; Watriss v. Pierce, 32 N. H, 582; Titus v. … To the same effect are the following cases : Dudley v. Mayhew (3 N. Y. [3 Comst.], 9); Hardman v. Brown (39 Id., 196); Smith v. Lockwood ( 13 Barb., 209 ); Eastern Arch. Co. v. Queen (2 El. & Bl.); People v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Van Wickle v. Mechanics' & Traders' Insurance

    16 Jones & S. 95 · The Superior Court of New York City · Feb 6, 1882

    The action is on a policy of insurance upon a cargo of coal shipped on board of the canal-boat W. S. Storms, from South Amboy, N. J., to New York city. The defense is unseaworthiness. … This was presumptive evidence of unseaworthiness at the time of her sailing (Wright v. Orient Mut. Ins.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Henderson v. Jackson

    9 Abb. Pr. 293 · The Superior Court of New York City · Mar 15, 1870

    Pr., 594 et seq.; Brown Comm., 738; Lord Campbell, C. J., in Churchill v. Siggers, 3 Ell. & Bl, 937; Leyland v. Tancred, 16 Q. B., 669; De Medina v. Grove, 10 Adol. & El. N. S., 168; 10 Jur., 426; 11 Id., 145). … Bailey, 50 Barb., 78 ; Fellerman v. Dolan, 7 Abb. Pr., 395 ; Brown v. Cunningham, 21 H ow. Pr., 192).

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Bennett v. American Art Union

    5 Sandf. 614 · The Superior Court of New York City · Apr 15, 1852

    (United States v. Grundy, 3 Cranch, 33 .) … United *639 States v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Hegeman v. Cantrell

    8 Jones & S. 381 · The Superior Court of New York City · Feb 7, 1876

    The practice has long prevailed that the court may of its own accord send the jury back to reconsider their verdict, when it appears to be a mistaken one, before it is received and recorded (Root v. … R. 103; Brown n. Clifford, 7 Lansing, 53 ; Vermilye v. Palmer, 52 N. Y. 475 ).

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • People ex rel. New York Underground Railway Co. v. Newton

    34 N.Y. St. Rep. 584 · The Superior Court of New York City · Dec 1, 1890

    Mygatt v. Supervisors, etc., 11 N. Y., 563 ; People ex rel. Perkins v. Hawkins, 46 id., 9; People ex rel. Martin v. Brown, 55 id., 191.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Walsh v. Commercial, Steam Laundry Co.

    11 Misc. 3 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jan 15, 1895

    Neg. 983; Burke v. Witherbee, 98 N. Y. 562 ; Probst v. Delamater, 100 id. 266; Marsh v. Chickering, 101 id. 396; Hickey v. Taaffe, 105 id. 26 ; Stringham v. Hilton, 111 id. 188; Dobbins v. Brown, 119 id. 188; Kern v. … Gibson v. R. R. Co., 63 N. Y. 449 ; Shaw v. Sheldon, 103 id. 667; Sweeny v. Berlin Co., 101 id. 520 ; Hickey v. Taaffe, supra; Appel v. R. R. Co., 111 N. Y. 550 ; McQuigan v. R. R. Co., 122 id. 618 ; Reiss v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Strempel v. Rubing

    21 N.Y. St. Rep. 483 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jan 10, 1889

    Loubat v. Le Roy, 15 Abb. N. C., 3 -44, at seq.; Ebbinghousen v. Worth Club, 4 Abb. N. C., 300 . … People v. Young Men’s, etc., Society, 65 Barb., 357 .

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Chamboret v. Cagney

    2 Sweeny 378 · The Superior Court of New York City · Apr 30, 1870

    This point has been expressly decided by this court, at General Term, in Xenia Bank v. Lee ( 2 Bosw., 694 ; 7 Abb., 372 ). See, also, to same effect, Brown v. Buckingham ( 11 Abb., 387 ; 21 How., 190 ). … Pattison v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Towle v. Forney

    11 Duer 164 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jan 20, 1855

    In Clarke v. … In Cochran v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Scott v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co.

    29 Abb. N. Cas. 435 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jan 15, 1893

    Brown v. Wakeman, 18 N. Y. Supp. 363 ; s. c., 45 State Rep. 671. Action for eviction. … Wingate v. Haskins, 20 Weekly Dig. 438. Action for the board of defendant’s wife. The defense was that the person boarded by plaintiff was not defendant’s wife.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Strong v. Dollner

    2 Sandf. 444 · The Superior Court of New York City · Apr 21, 1849

    (See Brown v. Frost, 10 Paige, 247 .) The contract was not complete as to the purchaser himself, until he paid the whole price. … Catlin v. Jackson, ex dem. Gratz, 8 Johns. 520, 550 ; Lathrop v. Ferguson, 22 Wend. 116 .)

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Clarissy v. Metropolitan Fire Department

    7 Abb. Pr. 352 · The Superior Court of New York City · Mar 15, 1869

    I know it has been said in some of the cases (Lyon v. Adams, 4 Serg. & R., 443 ; Gardner v. Board of Health of New York, 10 N. … Local Board of Health, 8 Ell. & B., 801 ; Mersey Dock Trustees v. Gibbs, 1 Ho. of Lords, 93).

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Vanwyck v. Guthrie

    11 Duer 268 · The Superior Court of New York City · Mar 3, 1855

    The defendants, as a committee of the Trustees of the College of Pharmacy, in the city of New York, made a report which was adopted by the Board, and ordered to be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury-of the United … It is within the principle established in this state, in Branderzee v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Wood v. Mulock

    16 Jones & S. 70 · The Superior Court of New York City · Feb 6, 1882

    In Hess v. … In Malins v. Brown ( 4 N.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Fleeman v. Fleeman

    39 N.Y. St. Rep. 307 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jan 10, 1891

    Jones v. Zoller, 32 Hun, 280 . In Price v. … Hoyt v. Thompson, 19 N. Y., 207, 215-218 ; Olcott v. Tioga R. Co., 27 id., 559; Porter v. Robinson, 30 Hun, 211 .

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Clason v. Corley

    5 Sandf. 447 · The Superior Court of New York City · May 8, 1852

    (See Giles v. Comstock, 4 Comst. 275; Astor v. Turner, 11 Paige, 436 .) … S. 192, § 158), and the court does not interfere to compel a delivery of the possession, until the master’s report of sale, which in foreclosures follows the execution of the deed, has been duly confirmed (Brown v.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Wallace v. Bennett

    1 Abb. N. Cas. 478 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jan 15, 1877

    J., Onslow v. Horne, 3 Wils. 177.) … It contains only a caution to applicants to inform themselves of the kind of house kept by the proprietor, before engaging board and lodging.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Moore v. Williams

    10 N.Y. St. Rep. 475 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jun 23, 1887

    The assignment to Brown, and the release by Brown to the defendants, cannot vary the result when all the attending and surrounding circumstances are considered. … Delevan v. Duncan, 49 N.Y., 485 ; Cockcroft v. R. R., 69 id., 206; Ocean National Bank v. Olcott, 46 id., 16, et seq.; Sturtevant v. Sturtevant, 20 id., 40.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Hovey v. Broeck

    3 Rob. 316 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jun 24, 1865

    The cases of Aiken v. Wasson, ( 24 N. Y. Rep. 482 .) and Ericsson v. Brown, ( 38 Barb. 390 ,) must be regarded as standing by themselves, and as establishing no general principle. … In the case of Oonant v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished

Ask Donna

Ask Donna

A word about cookies

We need a few to keep you signed in and the library working. The rest help us see which pages people use and where they get stuck. They stay off unless you say yes.