The Practice Before the Railway Commissioners: Under the Regulation of Railway Acts, 1873 and 1874 : with Notes of Their Decisions ...

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Stevens and Haynes, 1876 - 319 pages

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Page 40 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Page 181 - Affidavits shall be confined to such facts as the witness is able of his own knowledge to prove, except on interlocutory motions, on which statements as to his belief, with the grounds thereof, may be admitted.
Page 244 - ... direct, either to the party complaining or into court, to abide the ultimate decision of the court, or...
Page 103 - ... or advantage or prejudice or disadvantage, as aforesaid, and so that no obstruction may be offered to the public desirous of using such railways or GROUP RATESCONSTRUCT i ojr OF ACT CONCERNING.
Page 182 - In all cases in which any particular number of days, not expressed to be clear days, is prescribed by the rules or practice of the courts, the same shall be reckoned exclusively of the first day, and inclusively of the last day...
Page 246 - Every such company as aforesaid shall be liable for the loss of or for any injury done to any horses, cattle, or other animals, or to any articles, goods, or things, in the receiving, forwarding, or delivering thereof, occasioned by the neglect or default of such company or its servants...
Page 148 - Every general order purporting to be made in pursuance of this section shall immediately after the making thereof be laid before both Houses of Parliament if Parliament be then sitting, or, if Parliament be not then sitting, within seven days after the next meeting of Parliament...
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Page 246 - ... limiting such liability ; every such notice, condition, or declaration being hereby declared to be null and void: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the said companies from making such conditions with respect to the receiving, forwarding, and delivering of any of the said animals, articles, goods, or things, as shall be adjudged by the Court or judge before whom any question relating thereto shall be tried to be just and reasonable...

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