What does NJL stand for when referring to case law?
Specifically, I am trying to find detailed information on this case: Kinney v. Central Railroad Company, 34 N.J.L. 513
All I seem to be able to find are opinions which refer to this case, but not the case itself.
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N.J.L. means “New Jersey Law Reports (N.J.L.)“http://directory.westlaw.com/scope/default.asp?db=NJ-CS&RS=W…&VR=2.0. It refers to where the case is located in the reports.
@Marina: I think from the locating information for Kenny v CR (58 Ga. 485), it may be a different case. There are a ton of “person v Railroad” cases on the books.
@DrBill: Thanks! Most of the links I have found are like this one. They reference the case and explain why it is important, but do not seem to display the case itself.
@Darwin: Thanks! That’s what I was trying to figure out. I thought it might mean Lower Court, but that didn’t pan out.
What I really want to find out is who Kinney was. I came across this case while searching for my great grandfather, Curtis W. Kinney, who worked for the railroad in Ohio. If I can find any information that gives the first name of the plaintiff, that would help a lot. But so far I haven’t been able to locate it.
Google, “Kinney v. Central Railroad Company, 34 N.J.L. 513.”
This case was in regards to Limitation of Liability for Negligence being effective if the transportation was purely gratuitous.
If your great grandfather worked for the railroad in New Jersey, then this might be the same Kinney. However, I don’t see why he would have filed a case in New Jersey if he worked in Ohio.
There are a lot of folks named Kinney in the US. In fact, the town I live in was founded by a Kinney, Henry Lawrence Kinney (1814–1862). He was born in Pennsylvania, from whence he fled as a young man due to a dalliance with a married lady. He then founded a town in Illinois, from whence he fled due to bankruptcy. He next established a trading post in southern Texas and then the city of Corpus Christi. He went from there to Nicaragua to found yet another settlement, which didn’t work out. He returned to Corpus Christi, left for Mexico because he opposed secession, and ended up being shot in Matamoros.
Our Kinney didn’t have any children of his own (that we know of), but he had a brother and other relatives.
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