The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases, Affecting Railroads of Every Kind, Decided by the Courts of Appellate Jurisdiction in the United States, England, and Canada [1894-1913].E. Thompson Company, 1905 |
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... jury to the effect that they might take into considera- tion whatever the proof might " show as to the age , capacity , and discretion of the deceased under all circumstances surrounding him at and just prior to the accident , so far as ...
... jury to the effect that they might take into considera- tion whatever the proof might " show as to the age , capacity , and discretion of the deceased under all circumstances surrounding him at and just prior to the accident , so far as ...
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... jury . Some evidence was introduced to show whether the track was wet or dry on the night in question , and several witnesses were presented who told how far they could see on such a night , and within what distance they could stop a ...
... jury . Some evidence was introduced to show whether the track was wet or dry on the night in question , and several witnesses were presented who told how far they could see on such a night , and within what distance they could stop a ...
Halaman 28
... jury . By instruction " a " given on the motion of the plain- tiff , the court told the jury , among other things , that they should find for the plaintiff if " the defendant failed to use the utmost care to prevent such electric ...
... jury . By instruction " a " given on the motion of the plain- tiff , the court told the jury , among other things , that they should find for the plaintiff if " the defendant failed to use the utmost care to prevent such electric ...
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... jury believed from the evidence that the plaintiff received the shock of elec- tricity from touching the controller box , inflicting on him the in- jury complained of , they might properly find for the plaintiff , and whether the ...
... jury believed from the evidence that the plaintiff received the shock of elec- tricity from touching the controller box , inflicting on him the in- jury complained of , they might properly find for the plaintiff , and whether the ...
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... jury was the result of his own conduct . " There is no form of action known to the law ( and the wit of man cannot invent one ) in which the plaintiff will be allowed to recover for an act not done or caused by the defendant , but by ...
... jury was the result of his own conduct . " There is no form of action known to the law ( and the wit of man cannot invent one ) in which the plaintiff will be allowed to recover for an act not done or caused by the defendant , but by ...
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Halaman 547 - ... such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally, ie according to the usual course of things, from such breach of contract itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties at the time they made the contract, as the probable result of the breach of it.
Halaman 634 - But it is generally held that, in order to warrant a finding that negligence, or an act not amounting to wanton wrong, is the proximate cause of an injury, it must appear that the injury was the natural and probable consequence of the negligence or wrongful act, and that it ought to have been foreseen in the light of the attending circumstances.
Halaman 686 - It must not be forgotten that you are not to extend arbitrarily those rules which say that a given contract is void as being against public policy, because if there is one thing which more than another public policy requires it is that men of full age and competent understanding shall have the utmost liberty of contracting, and that their contracts, when entered into freely and voluntarily, shall be held sacred, and shall be enforced by courts of justice.
Halaman 5 - An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes, approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,' approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Halaman 346 - Exceptional circumstances will modify the most carefully guarded rule ; but, as a general thing, we should say that the compensation to the owner is to be estimated by reference to the uses for which the property is suitable, having regard to the existing business or wants of the community, or such as may be reasonably expected in the immediate future.
Halaman 105 - ... 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...
Halaman 633 - The inquiry must, therefore, always be whether there was any intermediate cause disconnected from the primary fault, and self-operating, which produced the injury.
Halaman 623 - If each State was at liberty to regulate the conduct of carriers while within its jurisdiction, the confusion likely to follow could not but be productive of great inconvenience and unnecessary hardship. Each State could provide for its own passengers and regulate the transportation of its own freight, regardless of the interests of others.
Halaman 98 - ... 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 683 - ... sometimes by considering the cause and necessity of making the act, sometimes by comparing one part of the act with another, and sometimes by foreign circumstances.