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, 1904 |
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Side 15
... moving train . He claims that his duty at the time he was injured required him to get down from the side of the moving train for the purpose of getting off to throw a switch , so as to take out of the train three loaded cars and place ...
... moving train . He claims that his duty at the time he was injured required him to get down from the side of the moving train for the purpose of getting off to throw a switch , so as to take out of the train three loaded cars and place ...
Side 43
... moving at a speed of twenty miles per hour . In holding the com- pany liable , the court said : " Nothing is better settled , certainly in this court , than that a common carrier cannot by contract exempt himself from responsibility for ...
... moving at a speed of twenty miles per hour . In holding the com- pany liable , the court said : " Nothing is better settled , certainly in this court , than that a common carrier cannot by contract exempt himself from responsibility for ...
Side 47
... moving towards it , and upon the first appearance of danger to stop the car within the shortest time and space possible , and that the defendant's motorman and conductor failed to obey the requirements of this ordinance . The petition ...
... moving towards it , and upon the first appearance of danger to stop the car within the shortest time and space possible , and that the defendant's motorman and conductor failed to obey the requirements of this ordinance . The petition ...
Side 51
... moving car , in such close proximity thereto as to make the danger of collision imminent ; and this is true . even though you may further find that the agents and serv- ants of the defendant failed to use proper care to stop said car ...
... moving car , in such close proximity thereto as to make the danger of collision imminent ; and this is true . even though you may further find that the agents and serv- ants of the defendant failed to use proper care to stop said car ...
Side 52
... moving toward the track along which this car was moving , still he had the right to assume that she knew the car was approaching and would have regard for her own safety , and not attempt to pass in front of the same if it was obviously ...
... moving toward the track along which this car was moving , still he had the right to assume that she knew the car was approaching and would have regard for her own safety , and not attempt to pass in front of the same if it was obviously ...
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accident action affirmed agent alleged appellant appellee bill of lading brakeman bridge caboose carrier cause charge Chicago Circuit Court circumstances collision common carrier complained conductor contract contributory negligence corporation counsel crossing damages danger deceased defect defendant in error defendant's demurrer duty employees engine evidence exercise fact fare feet fellow servant fireman follows freight train gence guilty held injury instructs the jury intestate Judge judgment jury land liable Louis Louisville & N. R. matter motorman N. R. Co negligence per se nonsuit operating opinion ordinary party passed passenger person petition pile bridge plaintiff in error platform question rail railroad company railway company reason recover refused riding road rule running side signals Southern station statute stop street car street railroad street railway Supreme Court sustained switch testified testimony ticket tiff tion track verdict Wilkes county witness
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Side 291 - That if any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall, directly or indirectly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device, charge, demand, collect, or receive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation...
Side 686 - Assembly from taking the property and franchises of incorporated companies, and subjecting them to public use, the same as the property of individuals...
Side 291 - ... or the issuance of mileage, excursion, or commutation passenger tickets; nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit any common carrier from giving reduced rates to ministers of religion, or to municipal governments for the transportation of indigent persons, or to inmates of the National Homes or State Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and of Soldiers
Side 171 - Five were directed to the refusal of the court to direct a verdict in favor of the defendant upon five different issues.
Side 302 - If any passenger shall refuse to pay his fare, it shall be lawful for the conductor of the train and the servants of the corporation to put him. and his baggage out of the cars, using no unnecessary force, at any usual stopping place, or near any dwelling house, as the conductor shall elect, on stopping the train.
Side 336 - The provisions of all laws which are inconsistent with this Constitution shall cease upon its adoption, except that all laws which are inconsistent with such provisions of this Constitution as require legislation to enforce them, shall remain in force until the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, unless sooner amended or repealed by the General Assembly.
Side 419 - Corporation" contained in this act. shall be deemed and taken to mean all corporations, companies or individuals now owning or operating, or which may hereafter own or operate any railroad in whole or in part in this state; and the provisions of this act shall apply to all persons, firms...
Side 99 - At common law, the breaking and entering the house of another in the nighttime, with intent to commit a felony therein, whether the felony be actually committed or not.
Side 212 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act to make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person, company, firm, corporation, or locality, or any particular description of traffic, in any respect whatsoever...
Side 332 - The first section of the statute enacts "that all railway companies carrying passengers in their coaches in this state, shall provide equal but separate accommodations for the white, and colored races, by providing two or more passenger coaches for each passenger train, or by dividing the passenger coaches by a partition so as to secure separate accommodations: provided, that this section shall not be construed to apply to street railroads.