The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases, Affecting Railroads of Every Kind, Decided by the Courts of Appellate Jurisdiction in the United States, England, and Canada [1894-1913].E. Thompson Company, 1904 |
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... guilty of negligence we must find a verdict for defendant . Section II states that , if plaintiff was guilty of negligence and defendant had time to avert accident , then the plaintiff can recover . Are not these contradictory ? " In ...
... guilty of negligence we must find a verdict for defendant . Section II states that , if plaintiff was guilty of negligence and defendant had time to avert accident , then the plaintiff can recover . Are not these contradictory ? " In ...
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... guilty of contributory neg- ligence . Whether it was or was not negligence , and , if neg- ligence , whether it in any manner caused or contributed to the accident , depends entirely upon inferences to be drawn from the attendant ...
... guilty of contributory neg- ligence . Whether it was or was not negligence , and , if neg- ligence , whether it in any manner caused or contributed to the accident , depends entirely upon inferences to be drawn from the attendant ...
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... guilty of contributory negligence , it being the custom , and he being repeatedly warned , to stand at the side of the rail , and he having got astride of it , and been struck by cars moved up behind him by an engine bringing in other ...
... guilty of contributory negligence , it being the custom , and he being repeatedly warned , to stand at the side of the rail , and he having got astride of it , and been struck by cars moved up behind him by an engine bringing in other ...
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... guilty of contributory negli- gence . Appeal - Record . Failure to print the opinion of the court below on a motion for a new trial , as required by rule 19 of the Supreme Court , as amended , is ground for quashing the appeal . Appeal ...
... guilty of contributory negli- gence . Appeal - Record . Failure to print the opinion of the court below on a motion for a new trial , as required by rule 19 of the Supreme Court , as amended , is ground for quashing the appeal . Appeal ...
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... guilty of negligence in running this train , which was composed of three locomotives and three cabin cars , westward on the east - bound track . In consider- ing this question as a question of law , we must and do assume the truth of ...
... guilty of negligence in running this train , which was composed of three locomotives and three cabin cars , westward on the east - bound track . In consider- ing this question as a question of law , we must and do assume the truth of ...
Términos y frases comunes
accident affirmed agent alleged appellant appellee bill of lading brake brakeman cause of action charge Chicago Circuit Court common carrier complaint conductor consignee contract contributory negligence County crossing damages danger deceased defective defendant company defendant's demurrer depot duty employees engine entitled evidence exercise Express Company fact failure feet fire gence guilty held horses Illinois Cent injury instruction Iowa judge judgment jury liability Louis Louisville & N. R. motion motorman N. R. Co negligence per se nonsuit operation ordinance ordinary overruled pany party passenger Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Co person plaintiff in error proper question rail railroad company Railway Company reason recover refused risk road rule running servant shipment shipper side Southern speed statute stop street railway Supreme Court sustained switch testified testimony thereof ticket tiff tion track transportation trestle trial verdict witness
Pasajes populares
Página 528 - ... transported Into any State or Territory, or remaining therein for use, consumption, sale or storage therein, shall upon arrival In such State or Territory be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such State or Territory enacted in the exercise of its police powers, to the same extent and in the same manner as though such liquids or liquors had been produced in such State or Territory, and shall not be exempt therefrom by reason of being introduced therein In original packages or...
Página 204 - ... the jury may give such damages as they shall deem a fair and just compensation with reference to the pecuniary injuries, resulting from such death, to the wife and next of kin of such deceased person...
Página 588 - Free passes, franking privileges, etc., not to be received by public officers: penalty. — fNo public officer, or person elected or appointed to a public office, under the laws of this State, shall directly or indirectly ask, demand, accept, receive or consent to receive for his own use or benefit, or for the use or benefit of another...
Página 277 - The obligations of a common carrier cannot be limited by general notice on his part, but may be limited by special contract.
Página 454 - The income out of which the mortgagee is to be paid is the net income obtained by deducting from the gross earnings what is required for necessary operating and managing expenses, proper equipment and useful improvements. Every railroad mortgagee in accepting his security impliedly agrees that the current debts made in the ordinary course of business shall be paid from the current receipts before he has any claim upon the income.
Página 721 - A carrier exercising his calling within a particular state, although engaged In the business of interstate commerce, Is answerable, according to the law of the state, for acts of nonfeasance or of misfeasance committed within Its limits.
Página 202 - ... pass over his premises, he thereby assumes an obligation that they are in a safe condition, suitable for such use, and for a breach of this obligation he is liable in damages to a person injured thereby.
Página 523 - ' a statement of the facts constituting the cause of action, in ordinary, and concise language, without repetition, and in such manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is intended.
Página 191 - When directing the performance of work by the servant in a place which may become dangerous, and such danger may be foreseen and guarded against by the exercise of reasonable care and prudence on the part of the master...
Página 573 - When a thing which causes injury is shown to be under the management of the defendant, and the accident is such as in the ordinary course of things does not happen if those who have the management use proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendant, that the accident arose from a want of care.