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 E. Thompson, 1882 Covers cases decided [1879?]-1895. |
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... further evidence of that character . Because some incompetent evidence is admitted without objection , other incompetent evidence is not thereby competent , if offered to prove the same fact . It appears from the record that the ...
... further evidence of that character . Because some incompetent evidence is admitted without objection , other incompetent evidence is not thereby competent , if offered to prove the same fact . It appears from the record that the ...
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... further , plaintiff was guilty of con- tributory negligence . APPEAL from Superior Court , Santa Clara County . Lieb and Richards , for appellant . Moore , Laine & Johnson and McKisick & Rankin , for respond- ent . MCKEE , J ...
... further , plaintiff was guilty of con- tributory negligence . APPEAL from Superior Court , Santa Clara County . Lieb and Richards , for appellant . Moore , Laine & Johnson and McKisick & Rankin , for respond- ent . MCKEE , J ...
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... further , that there was error in the remark that if the assumed facts were true , it would be strong evidence of negligence , for on the verity of the facts as assumed , without reference to other proofs , the plaintiff was guilty of ...
... further , that there was error in the remark that if the assumed facts were true , it would be strong evidence of negligence , for on the verity of the facts as assumed , without reference to other proofs , the plaintiff was guilty of ...
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... further attention to the smoke , which he took to be that of a moving train , although the testimony shows that when in front of Camp's hotel he would have had an unobstructed view of the railroad track to the east of the hotel for ...
... further attention to the smoke , which he took to be that of a moving train , although the testimony shows that when in front of Camp's hotel he would have had an unobstructed view of the railroad track to the east of the hotel for ...
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... further insisted the damages are excessive . We do not see sufficient cause for the disturbance of the verdict of the jury for this reason . The judgment of the Appellate Court is affirmed . Judgment affirmed . DICKEY , J. - I concur in ...
... further insisted the damages are excessive . We do not see sufficient cause for the disturbance of the verdict of the jury for this reason . The judgment of the Appellate Court is affirmed . Judgment affirmed . DICKEY , J. - I concur in ...
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Страница 294 - All that is perfectly correct: for, although the ass may have been wrongfully there, still the defendant was bound to go along the road at such a pace as would be likely to prevent mischief. Were this not so, a man might justify the driving over goods left on a public highway, or even over a man lying asleep there, or the purposely running against a carriage going on the wrong side of the road.
Страница 499 - ... by any meeting of the directors or of a committee of directors or by any person acting as a director shall notwithstanding that it be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any such...
Страница 318 - The cause was tried to a jury, and resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $452.44.
Страница 484 - ... or the transgression of a positive law of this country, there the Court says he has no right to be assisted. It is upon that ground the Court goes; not for the sake of the defendant, but because they will not lend their aid to such a plaintiff. So if the plaintiff and defendant were to change sides, and the defendant was to bring his action against the plaintiff, the latter would then have the advantage of it; for where both are equally in fault, potior est conditio dcfendentis.
Страница 483 - The objection that a contract is immoral or illegal as between plaintiff and defendant sounds at all times very ill in the mouth of the defendant. It is not for his sake, however, that the objection is ever allowed : but it is founded in general principles of policy, which the defendant has the advantage of, contrary to the real justice, as between him and the plaintiff, by accident, if I may so say. The principle of public policy is this : Ex dolo malo non oritur actio.
Страница 470 - ... 1 of the Constitution of the United States, which provides that no State shall pass any law impairing the obligation of a contract, and also violated that clause of the fourteenth amendment of that instrument, which provides that no State shall deprive any person of property without due process of law.
Страница 562 - The Company shall not be entitled to any Mines of Coal, Ironstone, Slate, or other Minerals under any Land purchased by them, except only such Parts thereof as shall be necessary to be dug or carried away or used in the Construction of the Works...
Страница 490 - By reason of the negligence of any person in the service of the employer who has the charge or control of any signal, points, locomotive engine, or train upon a railway...
Страница 599 - Every railroad company shall have the right with its road to intersect, connect with, or cross, any other railroad; and shall receive and transport each the other's passengers, tonnage, and cars, loaded or empty, without delay or discrimination.
Страница 312 - Whatever subjects of this power are in their nature national, or admit only of one uniform system, or plan of regulation, may justly be said to be of such a nature as to require exclusive legislation by Congress.