". . . many feet away."
Are you curious about this statement? Why does Judge Cardozo say "many feet away?" If he knew how far the scales were, why didn't he say so with more particularity? If the distance is meaningless, why did he bother to add the phrase? Click here to see what Mrs. Palsgraf had to say on the record about the location of the scales. Do you find any other references to the distance of the scales?
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