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, 1883 Covers cases decided [1879?]-1895. |
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... employed the Missouri Pacific Company to carry for it the balance of the way , and paid it 34 cents ; or , to state it in another way , the Missouri Pacific Company charged the Chicago , Burlington & Quincy Company only 34 cents for ...
... employed the Missouri Pacific Company to carry for it the balance of the way , and paid it 34 cents ; or , to state it in another way , the Missouri Pacific Company charged the Chicago , Burlington & Quincy Company only 34 cents for ...
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... employing in New York a person who resides in Canada , and comes daily to his work at the company's office in New ... employ- ment as a clerk , and was engaged by the defendant at wages of $ 50 per month , but for no stated period . He ...
... employing in New York a person who resides in Canada , and comes daily to his work at the company's office in New ... employ- ment as a clerk , and was engaged by the defendant at wages of $ 50 per month , but for no stated period . He ...
Side 31
... employed complainant as a trainman on freight trains under his direc- tion at $ 2.10 a day , payable at the end of each day , and that he required the complainant to work as and for his day's work 14 hours continuously , without any ...
... employed complainant as a trainman on freight trains under his direc- tion at $ 2.10 a day , payable at the end of each day , and that he required the complainant to work as and for his day's work 14 hours continuously , without any ...
Side 42
... Employ Detective . There is no presump- tion that a railroad station agent has a right to employ , in the name of ... employed the plaintiff as a detective and special agent to fer- ret out and discover the robbers , recover the goods ...
... Employ Detective . There is no presump- tion that a railroad station agent has a right to employ , in the name of ... employed the plaintiff as a detective and special agent to fer- ret out and discover the robbers , recover the goods ...
Side 43
... employed " him to assist in fer- reting out the robberies , the defendant's attorney objected to the admissibility of the testimony , and the court sustained the objection , ruling that the testimony was inadmissible to bind the ...
... employed " him to assist in fer- reting out the robberies , the defendant's attorney objected to the admissibility of the testimony , and the court sustained the objection , ruling that the testimony was inadmissible to bind the ...
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Side 22 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or of like kind of property, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line, in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance...
Side 337 - Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall, according to their respective powers, afford all reasonable, proper, and equal facilities for the interchange of traffic between their respective lines, and for the receiving, forwarding, and delivering of passengers and property to and from their several lines and those connecting therewith, and shall not discriminate in their rates and charges between such connecting lines; but this shall not be construed as requiring any such common...
Side 486 - It is admitted that the rule is difficult of application. But it is generally held that, in order to warrant a finding that negligence, or an act not amounting to wanton wrong, is the proximate cause of an injury, it must appear that the injury was the natural and probable consequence of the negligence or wrongful act, and that it ought to have been foreseen in the light of the attending circumstances.
Side 338 - If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States in any manner or for any purpose...
Side 13 - That the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property -wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management, or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Side 337 - ... from the place of shipment to the place of destination; and no break of bulk, stoppage, or interruption made by such common carrier shall prevent the carriage of freights from being and being treated as one continuous carriage from the place of shipment to...
Side 337 - ... required to be done, such common carrier shall be liable to the person or persons injured thereby for the full amount of damages sustained in consequence of any such violation of the provisions of this act...
Side 683 - It is not intended to say that these words comprehend that commerce which is completely internal, which is carried on between man and man in a state, or between different parts of the same state, and which does not extend to or affect other states. Such a power would be inconvenient, and is certainly unnecessary. Comprehensive as the word among is, it may very properly be restricted to that commerce which concerns more states than one.
Side 514 - The general rule, resulting from considerations as well of justice as of policy, is, that he who engages in the employment of another for the performance of specified duties and services, for compensation, takes upon himself the natural and ordinary risks and perils incident to the performance of such services, and in legal presumption, the compensation is adjusted accordingly.
Side 640 - Pacific coast, and to secure the safe and speedy transportation of the mails, troops, munitions of war, and public stores over the route of said line of railway, 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...