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, 1903 |
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Side 3
... receiving from McCarty a signal as to what was intended , threw the switch , and Hill proceeded at once to uncouple the ... received by McCarty , who transmitted it to the engi- neer , who obeyed it without knowing the exact position of ...
... receiving from McCarty a signal as to what was intended , threw the switch , and Hill proceeded at once to uncouple the ... received by McCarty , who transmitted it to the engi- neer , who obeyed it without knowing the exact position of ...
Side 9
... received his injuries , he was under the northeast end of the bridge , removing the nuts from the blocks which held two of the stringers of the old bridge . The bottom of the stringers was about 14 inches from the ground at the place ...
... received his injuries , he was under the northeast end of the bridge , removing the nuts from the blocks which held two of the stringers of the old bridge . The bottom of the stringers was about 14 inches from the ground at the place ...
Side 10
... liable . It appears that at the time the plaintiff received his injuries , and for some time prior thereto , all the property Johnson v . Southern Pac . Co of the corporation 10 VOL 5 R R R - VOL 28 AM & ENG R CAS , N S.
... liable . It appears that at the time the plaintiff received his injuries , and for some time prior thereto , all the property Johnson v . Southern Pac . Co of the corporation 10 VOL 5 R R R - VOL 28 AM & ENG R CAS , N S.
Side 62
... received at a crossing , where the failure of the engineer to ring the bell or blow the whistle was alleged as negligence , a plea that plaintiff did not stop and look and listen before attempting to cross the track was good . Appeal ...
... received at a crossing , where the failure of the engineer to ring the bell or blow the whistle was alleged as negligence , a plea that plaintiff did not stop and look and listen before attempting to cross the track was good . Appeal ...
Side 65
... received , and read in evidence , as follows : ' The bell of each locomotive engine shall be rung See foot - note appended to Lumsden v . Chicago , etc. , Ry . Co. ( Tex . ) , 2 R. R. R. 806 , 25 Am . & Eng . R. Cas . , N. S. , 806 ...
... received , and read in evidence , as follows : ' The bell of each locomotive engine shall be rung See foot - note appended to Lumsden v . Chicago , etc. , Ry . Co. ( Tex . ) , 2 R. R. R. 806 , 25 Am . & Eng . R. Cas . , N. S. , 806 ...
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Side 264 - 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...
Side 267 - Commerce with foreign countries, and among the States, strictly considered, consists in intercourse and traffic, including in these terms navigation, and the transportation and transit of persons and property, as well as the purchase, sale, and exchange of commodities.
Side 21 - January, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, it shall be unlawful for any such common carrier to haul or permit to be hauled or used on its line any car used In moving interstate traffic not equipped with couplers coupling automatically by Impact, and which can be uncoupled without the necessity of men going between the ends of the cars.
Side 347 - States, which shall have filed with the Secretary of the Interior a copy of its articles of incorporation, and due proofs of its organization under the same, to the extent of one hundred feet on each side of the central line of said road...
Side 264 - 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 19 - The rule that penal laws are to be construed strictly, is perhaps not much less old than construction itself. It is founded on the tenderness of the law for the rights of individuals; and on the plain principle that the power of punishment is vested in the legislative, not in the judicial department. It is the legislature, not the court, which is to define a crime, and ordain its punishment.
Side 183 - That whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default and the act, neglect, or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Side 489 - That the Circuit Courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of two thousand dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Side 14 - That any employee of any such common carrier who may be injured by any locomotive, car, or train In use contrary to the provision of this act shall not be deemed thereby to have assumed the risk thereby occasioned, although continuing In the employment of such carrier after the unlawful use of such locomotive, car. or train had been brought to his knowledge.
Side 183 - Every such action shall be brought by and in the name of the personal representative of such deceased person...