THE LIABILITY OF RAILWAY COMPANIES FOR NEGLIGENCE TOWARDS PASSENGERS. BY ALBERT PARSONS, OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE AND WESTERN CIRCUIT, BARRISTER-AT-LAW. LONDON: HORACE COX, "LAW TIMES" OFFICE, WINDSOR HOUSE, BREAM'S BUILDINGS, E.C. PREFACE. THIS book is an attempt to explain clearly and concisely the liability of railway companies for negligence towards passengers resulting in injury or loss. It has seemed to the writer that a brief but systematic consideration of the decided cases and the principles to be extracted from them might be of use both to the profession and to the travelling public. Railway accidents repeat themselves with curious similarity, and the injured passenger who reads the following pages will probably find that, whether his damage is due to the "slamming" of a carriage-door, or to a disastrous collision, there is a precedent covering his particular case, or that it is governed by the principles extracted from the various decisions. Though outside the original scheme of the book the subjects of "Luggage" and "Unpunctuality" have been dealt with on account of their special interest for railway passengers. My thanks for much kind help and advice are due |