Riggs v. Palmer

Riggs v Palmer
CourtCourt of Appeals of New York
Full case name Philo Riggs, as Guardian ad litem et al., Appellants, v. Elmer E. Palmer et al., Respondents.
DecidedOctober 8, 1889 (1889-10-08)
Citation115 NY 506 (1889)
Case opinions
Decision byRobert Earl
DissentJohn Clinton Gray, joined by George F. Danforth
Keywords
  • Wills
  • killing
  • construction

Riggs v. Palmer, 115 N.Y. 506 (1889), is an important New York state civil court case, in which the Court of Appeals of New York issued an 1889 opinion. Riggs was an example of the judiciary using the "social purpose" rule of statutory construction, the process of interpreting and applying legislation.

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