The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All the Railroad Cases in the Courts of Last Resort in America and EnglandLawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson Edward Thompson Company, 1883 Covers cases decided [1879?]-1895. |
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... accident , and the board was raised from the floor about fifteen inches ; and the plaintiff , while proceeding as he says with ordinary care , failed to see the board which was so securely fastened in its place as not to yield , and it ...
... accident , and the board was raised from the floor about fifteen inches ; and the plaintiff , while proceeding as he says with ordinary care , failed to see the board which was so securely fastened in its place as not to yield , and it ...
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... ACCIDENT . After the brakeman had given this testimony on his direct ex- amination the plaintiff's counsel asked him what conversation he had with the plaintiff on that day , while on the train to Murray Hill Station . This was objected ...
... ACCIDENT . After the brakeman had given this testimony on his direct ex- amination the plaintiff's counsel asked him what conversation he had with the plaintiff on that day , while on the train to Murray Hill Station . This was objected ...
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... accident be such that the danger of injury was not enhanced in consequence of the position occupied by the passenger , or if the accident was of such a nature as was likely to occur in one portion of the train as another , or if he ...
... accident be such that the danger of injury was not enhanced in consequence of the position occupied by the passenger , or if the accident was of such a nature as was likely to occur in one portion of the train as another , or if he ...
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... accident producing the injury . In the latter , it is sufficient to relieve the company that the injury was received in consequence of the violation of the rule , and in spite of the fact that the negligence of the company's servant was ...
... accident producing the injury . In the latter , it is sufficient to relieve the company that the injury was received in consequence of the violation of the rule , and in spite of the fact that the negligence of the company's servant was ...
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... accident occa- sioned by the animals ' restiveness , and an accident occurred through such restiveness , but the latter resulted from the negligence of the railroad com- pany , Moore v . Great Northern , etc. , R. Co. , L. R. 10 Irish ...
... accident occa- sioned by the animals ' restiveness , and an accident occurred through such restiveness , but the latter resulted from the negligence of the railroad com- pany , Moore v . Great Northern , etc. , R. Co. , L. R. 10 Irish ...
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Page 71 - ... 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...
Page 578 - ... no greater burdens should be laid upon one than are laid upon others in the same calling and condition, and that in the administration of criminal justice no different or higher punishment should be imposed upon one than such as is prescribed to all for like offenses.
Page 666 - America in congress assembled, that the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
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Page 354 - Act to recover damages for personal injuries to an employee or where such injuries have resulted in his death, the fact that the employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee...
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Page 610 - ... trespass, yet where private papers are removed and carried away the secret nature of those goods will be an aggravation of the trespass, and demand more considerable damages in that respect. Where is the written law that gives any magistrate such a power? I can safely answer, there is none; and therefore it is too much for us, without such authority, to pronounce a practice legal which would be subversive of all the comforts of society.