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Palmer Vs. Hoffman

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Feb 01, 1943

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  1. Mcdermott Vs. Severe US Supreme Court · May 28, 1906
  2. Pennsylvania R. Co. Vs. Minds US Supreme Court · Jun 09, 1919
  3. Cities Service Oil Co. Vs. Dunlap US Supreme Court · Dec 04, 1939
  4. Central Vermont Ry. Co. Vs. White US Supreme Court · Jun 21, 1915
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  5. U.S. 109 (1943) U.S. Supreme Court Palmer v. Hoffman
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  6. U.S. 109 (1943) Palmer v. Hoffman
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  7. of the present Act. See Morgan et al., The Law of Evidence, Some Proposals for its Reform (1927) c. V. And
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  8. routine reflections of the day to day operations of a business would be forgotten as the basis of the rule. See Conner v. Seattle
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  9. the test, rather than the character of the records and their earmarks of reliability ( Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Co. v. United
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  10. respondent to offer the statement in evidence, in which case the court would admit it. See Edison Electric Light Co. v. United
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  11. negligence is a question of local law which federal courts, in diversity of citizenship cases ( Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins
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  12. U. S. 64 ), must apply. Cities Service Oil Co. v. Dunlap
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  13. Sampson v. Channell
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  14. F.2d 754. And see Central Vermont Ry. Co. v. White
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  15. the holding below that, as a matter of New York conflict of laws which the trial court was bound to apply ( Klaxon Co. v. Stentor
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  16. U. S. 487 ), petitioners had the burden of proving contributory negligence. That ruling was based on Fitzpatrick v. International
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  17. That statute, like the Ontario statute, creates rights not recognized at common law. Brooks v. Fitchburg
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  18. Duggan v. Bay
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  19. Sullivan v. Hustis
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  20. Lewis v. Boston
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  21. N.E. 663. And in actions under it, the burden of proving contributory negligence is on the defendant. Manley v. Boston
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  22. Phelps v. New
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  23. McDonald v. New
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  24. Kenny v. Boston
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  25. of action based on the Massachusetts statute may be arguable. But it is not the type of ruling under Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins
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  26. case, 252 N.Y. p. 135, 169 N.E. 112, and stated in other cases in New York's intermediate appellate courts ( Wright v. Palmison
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  27. Clark v. Harnischfeger
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  28. in the latter situation, the burden of proving freedom from contributory negligence is on the plaintiff. Fitzpatrick v. International
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  29. and where part of the charge was correct, he may not, through a general exception, obtain a new trial. See Lincoln v. Claflin
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  30. Mobile & M. Ry. Co. v. Jurey
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  31. Norfolk & W. Ry. Co. v. Earnest
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  32. The problem was well stated by Judge Learned Hand in Massachusetts Bonding & Ins. Co. v. Norwich
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  33. It is clear that it does not come within the exceptions as to declarations by a deceased witness. See Shepard v. United
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  34. U.S. Supreme Court Palmer v. Hoffman
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  35. See Conner v. Seattle
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  36. Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Co. v. United
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  37. See Edison Electric Light Co. v. United
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  38. Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins
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  39. Klaxon Co. v. Stentor
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  40. Fitzpatrick v. International
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  41. Brooks v. Fitchburg
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  42. Manley v. Boston
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  43. Wright v. Palmison
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  44. See Lincoln v. Claflin
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  45. Massachusetts Bonding & Ins. Co. v. Norwich
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  46. See Shepard v. United
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  47. Beaver v. Taylor
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