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, 1900 |
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... feet east of Fourteenth street . Approaching the railroad crossing from Fourteenth street , the first track is the main track for outbound trains . The second track is the main track for inbound trains . The other tracks are used for ...
... feet east of Fourteenth street . Approaching the railroad crossing from Fourteenth street , the first track is the main track for outbound trains . The second track is the main track for inbound trains . The other tracks are used for ...
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... ( according to their testimony brought out upon the cross- examination ) , in the exercise of ordinary care , should have seen the plaintiff when they were 300 feet south of the cross- R Cas Buckley v . Flint & P. M. R. 4 Vol XV CROSSINGS.
... ( according to their testimony brought out upon the cross- examination ) , in the exercise of ordinary care , should have seen the plaintiff when they were 300 feet south of the cross- R Cas Buckley v . Flint & P. M. R. 4 Vol XV CROSSINGS.
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... feet south of the crossing , and approached it with his horses upon a slow trot . There was no box upon the wagon , but there was a platform composed of planks laid upon bolsters , upon which the plaintiff sat sidewise , facing towards ...
... feet south of the crossing , and approached it with his horses upon a slow trot . There was no box upon the wagon , but there was a platform composed of planks laid upon bolsters , upon which the plaintiff sat sidewise , facing towards ...
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... feet away . The street was smooth , and the wagon made little noise . The plaintiff was familiar with the rail- road crossing at that place , having lived near there for about 30 years . While , in many respects , there was a sharp con ...
... feet away . The street was smooth , and the wagon made little noise . The plaintiff was familiar with the rail- road crossing at that place , having lived near there for about 30 years . While , in many respects , there was a sharp con ...
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... feet . The wagon was being driven from west to east , and just as it went upon the east track was struck by a freight train of 18 or 20 cars , backing south on the east , or elevator , track , and knocked across the line into Tennessee ...
... feet . The wagon was being driven from west to east , and just as it went upon the east track was struck by a freight train of 18 or 20 cars , backing south on the east , or elevator , track , and knocked across the line into Tennessee ...
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Страница 374 - ... every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile on each side of said railroad line, as said company may adopt, through the Territories of the United States...
Страница 398 - that the laws of the several states, except where the Constitution, treaties or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States in cases where they apply.
Страница 103 - ... liable for all damages which shall be sustained by any person, by reason of such neglect.
Страница 743 - ... 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...
Страница 173 - A trial is the judicial examination of the issues between the parties, -whether they be issues of law or of fact.
Страница 308 - The power rests upon the fact, that in the administration of the affairs of the company the mortgage creditors have got possession of that which in equity belonged to the whole or a part of the general creditors. Whatever is done, therefore, must be with a view to a restoration by the mortgage creditors of that which, they have thus inequitably obtained.
Страница 519 - Every railroad corporation shall be responsible in damages to any person or corporation whose buildings or other property may be injured by fire communicated by its locomotive engines...
Страница 80 - I believe quite correctly, that "the rule of law is laid down with perfect correctness in the case of Butterfield v. Forrester, that, although there may have been negligence on the part of the plaintiff, yet unless he might, by the exercise of ordinary care, have avoided the consequences of the defendant's negligence, he is entitled to recover; if by ordinary care he might have avoided them, he is the author of his own wrong.
Страница 374 - Office ; and whenever, prior to said time, any of said sections or parts of sections shall have been granted, sold, reserved, occupied by homestead settlers, or preempted, or otherwise disposed of, other lands shall be selected by said company in lieu thereof, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in alternate sections, and designated by odd numbers, not more than ten miles beyond the limits of said alternate sections...
Страница 232 - This doctrine ought to be reasonably, and not unreasonably, understood and applied, and that whatever may fairly be regarded as incidental to, or consequential upon, those things which the legislature has authorized, ought not, unless expressly prohibited, to be held, by judicial construction, to be ultra vires.