RAILROAD DECISIONS.

The following citations from the Michigan Reports bear upon the general railroad laws of the State, which laws, notwithstanding the thorough revision made at the last regular session of the Legislature, contain many of the essential provisions of the general law of 1855, under which most of the opinions cited below were rendered :

Bay City & East Saginaw Railroad Company v. Austin; 21 Mich., 390. -Liablility for neglect to maintain fences.

Buckley v. Great Western Railway Company; 18 Mich., 121.-Liability of railroad companies as warehousemen.

Carlisle v. Saginaw Valley & St. Louis Railroad Company; July term, 1873.-Stock subscriptions invalid for informality.

Chicago & Mich. Lake Shore Railroad Company v. Sanford; 23 Mich., 418.-Petition to acquire title to lands; requisites thereto. Description of premises. Inquest of damages and general finding.

Cleveland & Toledo Railroad Company v. Perkins; 17 Mich., 296.Delay in shipment.

Convers v. Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Company; 18 Mich., 459.Map and survey of proposed route. Jury in proceedings for acquir ing lands for railroad purposes.

Detroit & Howell Railroad Company v. Salem; 20 Mich., 452.—Municipal aid to railroads.

Detroit & Milwaukee Railway Company v. Adams; 15 Mich., 458.Limitation of liability as common carrier.

Detroit Fire & Marine Insurance Company v. Judge of Saginaw Circuit; 23 Mich., 492.-Serving process on domestic corporations. Flint & Pere Marquette Railway Company v. Lull.-January Term, 1874.--Cattle-guards.

Fowler v. Detroit & Milwaukee Railway Company; 7 Mich., 79.Service of process on conductors.

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Gardner v. Smith; 7 Mich., 410.-Damages for neglect to fence. tractor for constructing road, agent of corporation. Gordon v. Ward; 16 Mich., 360.-Common-law liability of railroad companies as common carriers.

Grand Rapids, Newaygo & Lake Shore Railroad Company v. Van Driele; 24 Mich., 409.-Petition to acquire title to lands. Jury's verdict as to necessity for public use.

Great Western Railway Company of Canada v. Miller; 19 Mich., 305. -Railroad companies as passenger carriers. Duties and liabilities of companies and conductors as to passengers. Ejectment of passengers from trains.

Great Western Railway Company v. Hawkins; 18 Mich., 427.—Common carriers. Suitable accommodations.

Hawkins v. Great Western Railroad Company; 17 Mich., 57.-Common carriers of live stock. Exemption from liability as carrier. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company v. Perkins; 25 Mich., 329.-Railroad companies as common carriers of live stock. Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railroad Company v. Clark; 23 Mich., 519.-Petition to acquire lands for railroad purposes. Description of premises. Report of jury. Necessity of taking lands for public use. Qualifications of jurors as freeholders. McLaughlin v. Detroit & Milwaukee Railway Company; 8 Mich., 100. -Conditional certificate of stock.

McMillan v. Mich. Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad Company; 16 Mich., 79.-Railroad companies as common carriers.

Merrill v. Montgomery; 25 Mich., 73.-Service upon corporations. Substituted service.

Michigan Central Railroad Company v. Anderson, 20 Mich., 244.Liability for fires caused by locomotives.

Michigan Central Railroad Company v. Colemans; January term, 1874. -Precautions for safety of passengers. Depot accommodations. Negligence.

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Michigan Central Railroad Company v. Hale; 6 Mich., 243.-Common law liability as common carriers. Overruling 2 Mich., Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana v. McDonough and Andrews; 21 Mich., 165.-Liability as carriers of live stock. Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad Company v. Shurtz; 7 Mich., 515.-Liability as common carriers and warehousemen. Monroe v. Ft. Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw Railroad Company; October terin, 1873.-Extra territorial operation of general railroad law. Moore v. Michigan Central Railroad Company; 3 Mich, 23.-Delivery of freight, and destruction of property in warehouse.

Newell v. Great Western Railway Company of Canada; 19 Mich., 336. -Service upon non-resident corporations.

Peninsular Railway Company v. Duncan; Oct. term, 1873.—Rights and liabilities of subscribers to stock.

Peninsular Railway Company v. Howard; 20 Mich., 18.-Inquest of damages for taking lands for railroad purposes. Appeal. Drawing of jury. Stockholders as jurors. Freeholders.

Peninsular Railway Company v. Thorp; January term, 1874.-Assessments on subscriptions.

Shurtz v. Schoolcraft & Three Rivers Railroad Company; 9 Mich., 269. -Subscriptions to stock invalid for informality.

Swartwout v. Mich. Air Line Railroad Company; 24 Mich., 389.— Unpaid subscriptions to stock. Organization. Assessments on stock subscription. Directors to set aside divisions of railroad for construction.

Van Etten v. Eaton; 19 Mich., 187.-Liability of directors for neglect to report according to law.

Watson v. Judge of Wayne Circuit; 24 Mich., 38.-Service of process on foreign corporations.

Williams v. Mich. Central Railroad Company; 2 Mich., 259.-Fencing. Damage done to cattle.