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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... occurred , charged to have been occasioned by the stopping of the train at an unusual and dangerous place . APPEAL from a judgment of the Monroe circuit court against the defendant upon a demurrer to the evidence in an action for injury ...
... occurred , charged to have been occasioned by the stopping of the train at an unusual and dangerous place . APPEAL from a judgment of the Monroe circuit court against the defendant upon a demurrer to the evidence in an action for injury ...
Halaman 8
... occurred and plaintiff was injured . By the regula- tions of the company , of which plaintiff had no actual notice , passengers were forbidden to ride on coal trains . Held , that the conductor had acted in violation of express ...
... occurred and plaintiff was injured . By the regula- tions of the company , of which plaintiff had no actual notice , passengers were forbidden to ride on coal trains . Held , that the conductor had acted in violation of express ...
Halaman 11
... occurred in the following manner : The plaintiff desired to go from Edgerton to Wellsville , a town on the company's railway , about five or six miles south west of Edgerton . He knew that a freight train would soon be due , and that no ...
... occurred in the following manner : The plaintiff desired to go from Edgerton to Wellsville , a town on the company's railway , about five or six miles south west of Edgerton . He knew that a freight train would soon be due , and that no ...
Halaman 17
... occurred , and he answered that he had ; and under objection and exception by defendant's counsel he stated that the ... occurrence . The authorities are numerous , and it is not necessary to cite them . CROSS EXAMIN- The evidence being ...
... occurred , and he answered that he had ; and under objection and exception by defendant's counsel he stated that the ... occurrence . The authorities are numerous , and it is not necessary to cite them . CROSS EXAMIN- The evidence being ...
Halaman 63
... occurred . It cannot be said as a matter of law that a prudent and ordinarily cautious man would not , under any circumstances , ride a short distance upon an engine . Experience has shown there is some danger in the safest mode of ...
... occurred . It cannot be said as a matter of law that a prudent and ordinarily cautious man would not , under any circumstances , ride a short distance upon an engine . Experience has shown there is some danger in the safest mode of ...
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Halaman 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...
Halaman 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.
Halaman 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...
Halaman 466 - Corporations may be formed under general laws ; but all such laws may, from time to time, be altered or repealed.
Halaman 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...
Halaman 558 - Every person is entitled to a certain remedy in the laws for all injuries or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property or character; he ought to obtain justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it, completely and without denial, promptly and without delay, conformably to the laws.
Halaman 657 - ... short haul than for a long haul over the same line in the same direction...
Halaman 475 - The General Assembly shall provide by law for a uniform and equal rate of assessment and taxation ; and shall prescribe such regulations as shall secure a just valuation for taxation of all property, both real and personal, excepting such only for municipal, educational, literary, scientific, religious or charitable purposes, as may be specially exempted by law.
Halaman 465 - State as to the manner in which they are operated, with reference to the security and accommodation of the public...
Halaman 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.