Lawyers' Reports Annotated, 8. raamatLawyers' Co-operative Publishing Company, 1907 |
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Page 80
... injury resulting from a defect in the street ; of the fact that some other cause or accident combined with the neglect of the municipality to produce the injury , and , after discussing the rule denying recovery , said it thought the ...
... injury resulting from a defect in the street ; of the fact that some other cause or accident combined with the neglect of the municipality to produce the injury , and , after discussing the rule denying recovery , said it thought the ...
Page 82
... injured could have avoided the injury by the exer- cise of reasonable and ordinary care and prudence . It is the difficulty of determining Of course , in order to hold the municipal- , that the exercise of only an ordinary amount ity ...
... injured could have avoided the injury by the exer- cise of reasonable and ordinary care and prudence . It is the difficulty of determining Of course , in order to hold the municipal- , that the exercise of only an ordinary amount ity ...
Page 84
... injured . Held , that the want of a railing , even if it would have been useful , is not the sole cause of the injury , and that the city was not responsible therefor . The uncontrollable condition of the horse con- tributed directly to ...
... injured . Held , that the want of a railing , even if it would have been useful , is not the sole cause of the injury , and that the city was not responsible therefor . The uncontrollable condition of the horse con- tributed directly to ...
Page 88
... injury , still the town is not liable , Dudley , 4 Allen , 557 , it appeared that the because the owner or driver was in no plaintiff was riding in a sleigh , that he was situation to exercise ordinary care or pru- using due care , that ...
... injury , still the town is not liable , Dudley , 4 Allen , 557 , it appeared that the because the owner or driver was in no plaintiff was riding in a sleigh , that he was situation to exercise ordinary care or pru- using due care , that ...
Page 89
... injury to plaintiff's horse by reason of a defective bridge , the petition al- leged that plaintiff was driving his horse and sleigh through the streets , and the horse , without fault of plaintiff , became frightened and ran away , and ...
... injury to plaintiff's horse by reason of a defective bridge , the petition al- leged that plaintiff was driving his horse and sleigh through the streets , and the horse , without fault of plaintiff , became frightened and ran away , and ...
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Page 386 - ... then, and in every such case, the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued, shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony.
Page 386 - Be it therefore enacted, that whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 387 - ... in every such action the jury may give such damages as they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from such death to the parties respectively for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be brought...
Page 274 - Every share in any company shall be deemed and taken to have been issued, and to be held, subject to the payment of the whole amount thereof in cash...
Page 138 - Where a party gives a reason for his conduct and decision touching anything involved in a controversy, he cannot, after litigation has begun, change his ground, and put his conduct upon another and a different consideration. He is not permitted thus to mend his hold. He Is estopped from doing it by a settled principle of law.
Page 315 - The assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the Legislature shall be requisite to every bill appropriating the public moneys or property for local or private purposes.
Page 369 - The limitation as to value has no tendency to exempt from liability for negligence. It does not induce want of care. It exacts from the carrier the measure of care due to the value agreed on. The carrier is bound to respond in that value for negligence. The compensation for carriage is based on that value. The shipper is estopped from saying that the value is greater.
Page 262 - The Certificate of Incorporation may also contain any provision which the incorporators may choose to insert for the regulation of the business and for the conduct of the affairs of the corporation, and any provisions creating, defining, limiting and regulating the powers of the corporation, the directors and the stockholders, or any class...
Page 318 - Of the different kinds of taxes which the state may impose, there is a vast number of which, from their nature, no notice can be given to the taxpayer, nor would notice be of any possible advantage to him, such as poll taxes, license taxes (not dependent upon the extent of his business), and, generally, specific taxes on things or persons or occupations. In such cases the Legislature in authorizing the tax fixes its amount, and that is the end of the matter. If the tax be not paid the property of...
Page 128 - On the contrary, it belongs to the state, as the guardian and trustee for its people, and having control of its affairs, to prescribe the conditions upon which it will permit public work to be done on its behalf, or on behalf of its municipalities.