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, 1890 Covers cases decided [1879?]-1895. |
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Side 40
... judgment should therefore be reversed , and a new trial granted , with costs to abide the event . concur , except POTTER , J. , who reads for affirmance . All CHICAGO , KANSAS & WESTERN R. Co. ข . ANDERSON 40 RUMSYY V. NEW YORK & NEW ...
... judgment should therefore be reversed , and a new trial granted , with costs to abide the event . concur , except POTTER , J. , who reads for affirmance . All CHICAGO , KANSAS & WESTERN R. Co. ข . ANDERSON 40 RUMSYY V. NEW YORK & NEW ...
Side 43
... judgment of affirmance . The condemnation proceedings in this case were instituted by the railroad company , and the damages were assessed by the commissioners in favor of Benjamin M. Anderson . He and his wife appealed jointly to the ...
... judgment of affirmance . The condemnation proceedings in this case were instituted by the railroad company , and the damages were assessed by the commissioners in favor of Benjamin M. Anderson . He and his wife appealed jointly to the ...
Side 53
... judgment against the plaintiffs for the costs . We are called upon to review that judgment . The record of the case is a very singular one , as there is no special finding of facts by the court , but a general finding in favor of the ...
... judgment against the plaintiffs for the costs . We are called upon to review that judgment . The record of the case is a very singular one , as there is no special finding of facts by the court , but a general finding in favor of the ...
Side 57
... judgment , and after that judgment has passed beyond the control of the court , that one of the jurors was disqualified , should make absolutely void the verdict and judgment . It is only one of those cases frequently occurring in the ...
... judgment , and after that judgment has passed beyond the control of the court , that one of the jurors was disqualified , should make absolutely void the verdict and judgment . It is only one of those cases frequently occurring in the ...
Side 59
... judgment dismissing the complaint on de- murrer . W. P. Hamblen for appellant . W. N. Sleam for appellee . STAYTON , C. J. - This action was brought by appellant to recover damages for injury alleged to have been done to property owned ...
... judgment dismissing the complaint on de- murrer . W. P. Hamblen for appellant . W. N. Sleam for appellee . STAYTON , C. J. - This action was brought by appellant to recover damages for injury alleged to have been done to property owned ...
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Side 3 - No private property shall be taken or damaged for public or private use without just compensation having been first made, or paid into court for the owner, and no right of way shall be appropriated to the use of any corporation other than municipal until full compensation therefor be first made in money, or ascertained and paid into court for the owner, irrespective of any benefit from any improvement proposed by such corporation...
Side 300 - Under sub-section one of section one, unless the defect therein mentioned arose from, or had not been discovered or remedied owing to the negligence of the employer, or of some person in the service of the employer, and entrusted by him with the duty of seeing that the ways, works, machinery, or plant were in proper condition.
Side 305 - ... 1. By reason of any defect in the condition of the ways, works, machinery, or plant, connected with or used in the business of the employer which arose from or had not been discovered or remedied owing to the negligence of the employer or of any person in the service of the employer and intrusted by him with the duty of seeing that the ways, works, machinery, or plant, were in proper condition; 2.
Side 8 - Assembly may, by law, secure to persons or corporations the right of way over the lands of other persons or corporations, and by general laws provide for and regulate the exercise by persons and corporations of the rights herein reserved; but just compensation shall, in all cases, be first made to the owner.
Side 6 - Assembly from taking the property and franchises of incorporated companies, and subjecting them to public use, the same as the property of individuals...
Side 357 - A railroad company shall be liable for any damage done to persons, stock or other property by the running of the locomotives, or cars, or other machinery of such company, or for damage done by any person in the employment and service of such company, unless the company shall make it appear that their agents have exercised all ordinary and reasonable care and diligence, the presumption in all cases being against the company.
Side 686 - ... is necessary to permit the passage of such railroad through any canyon, pass, or defile, said railroad company shall, before entering upon the ground occupied by such wagon road, cause the same to be reconstructed at its own expense in the most favorable location, and in as perfect a manner as the original road...
Side 234 - Where a law is plain and unambiguous, whether it be expressed in general or limited terms, the Legislature should be intended to mean what they have plainly expressed, and consequently no room is left for construction.
Side 553 - That the capital stock of said company shall be forever exempt from taxation, and the road, with all its fixtures and appurtenances, including workshops, warehouses, and vehicles of transportation, shall be exempt from taxation for the period of twenty years from the completion of the road, and no longer.
Side 523 - There is a sense," he says further on, "however, in which duplicate taxation may be understood, — and which we think is the proper sense, — which would render it wholly inadmissible under any constitution requiring equality and uniformity in taxation. By duplicate taxation in this sense...