August 1886: The Court of Errors and Appeals held in Dwyer v. N.Y., L.E. & W. Railway Co. that if one leaving a ferry “voluntarily joins a crowd which is so dense as to prevent him seeing where he treads, … and is injured by his foot being caught between the boat and the dock, such conduct per se manifests contributory negligence. … But if the voluntariness of the plaintiff joining such crowd or of his remaining in it be in doubt, the question of contributory negligence must be submitted to the jury.”
100 Years Ago
August 1911: Judge William Martin, addressing the graduating class of New Jersey Law School (precursor of Rutgers Law School-Newark), said the shifting of legal education from clerkships to law schools was improving the caliber of the profession. He remarked, “the young lawyer, the graduate of a good law school, who studies and thoroughly prepares his case, is a match for any older member of the bar.”
75 Years Ago
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