Elish v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway

Decided May 21, 1953. Edmund H. Lewis wrote the opinion for the court.

305 N.Y. 267 · Cited 57 times

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• International Shoe Co. v. Washington · 326 U.S. 310
• Tauza v. . Susquehanna Coal Co. · 115 N.E. 915
• Green v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. · 205 U.S. 530
• Sterling Novelty Corp. v. Frank & Hirsch Distributing Co. · 86 N.E.2d 564
• Chaplin v. Selznick · 58 N.E.2d 719
• Elish v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. · 280 A.D. 215

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