State v. Lackawanna Railroad

Supreme Court of New Jersey

State v. Lackawanna Railroad

82 A. 851, 82 N.J.L. 747, 1912 N.J. LEXIS 300

DecidedMarch 4, 1912

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State v. Lackawanna Railroad, 82 A. 851, 82 N.J.L. 747, 1912 N.J. LEXIS 300 (N.J. 1912).

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Opinion

Per Curiam.

The judgment in this case is affirmed, for the reasons stated by the Chief Justice in delivering the opinion of the Supreme Court.

[748]*748We think that the charge of the trial judge did not amount to a direction of a verdict for the state, although the necessary logical result of his charge was a verdict of guilty. It is unnecessary, therefore, to pass upon the right of the court to direct a verdict for the state upon the trial of an indictment.

For affirmance—The Chancellor, Garrison, Swayze, Parker, Bergen, Yoorhees, Kalisch, Bogert, Yredenburgh, Yroom, Congdon, White, JJ. 12.

For reversal—None.

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Per Curiam.

The judgment in this case is affirmed, for the reasons stated by the Chief Justice in delivering the opinion of the Supreme Court.

[748]*748We think that the charge of the trial judge did not amount to a direction of a verdict for the state, although the necessary logical result of his charge was a verdict of guilty. It is unnecessary, therefore, to pass upon the right of the court to direct a verdict for the state upon the trial of an indictment.

For affirmance—The Chancellor, Garrison, Swayze, Parker, Bergen, Yoorhees, Kalisch, Bogert, Yredenburgh, Yroom, Congdon, White, JJ. 12.

For reversal—None.

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82 A. 851, 82 N.J.L. 747, 1912 N.J. LEXIS 300, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/state-v-lackawanna-railroad-nj-1912.