State Supreme Court / N.Y.

The Erie Railway Company v. . Ramsey

Decided June 6, 1871. Charles James Folger wrote the opinion for the court.

45 N.Y. 637 · Cited 101 times

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Dobson v. . Pearce · 12 N.Y. 156
Despard v. . Walbridge · 15 N.Y. 374
Parker v. Judges of the Circuit Court of Maryland · 25 U.S. 561

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