The Law of Electricity; a Treatise on the Rules of the Law Relating to Telegraphs, Telephones, Electric Lights, Electric Railways, and Other Electric

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ... CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE--Continued. case where plaintiff exonerated from charge of contributory negli-gence, 411. duty of plaintiff to avert damage on discovering failure of com-pany, 410, 411, 412. when not bound to notify company of its error. 413. plaintiff not bound to invest further money to escape loss, 415. further as to contributory negligence of the sender, 416. contributory negligence of the person addressed, 417. See also Negligence., COPY, proof that it is a correct transcript necessary to its admission as evidence, 498. CORPORATION, for a gas company to own an electric light company a fraud on the law, 38. liability for damages of private corporations owning public works. 63. CORRESPONDENCE, between telegraph operators, admissibility of, in actions for dam-ages, 459. COST, right to recovery of cost of sending message, 331. COURT AND JURY. See Law And Fact. CUSTOM, of-stock dealers to weigh cattle at daylight--effect upon question of damages, 344. of doctor, not to visit patient without prepayment, inadmissible as evidence, 460. CUSTOM OF THE REALM, basis of the common law rule respecting common carriers, 137. CUSTOMER, of telegraph company, bound to know its rules, 210. unsoundness of this view suggested, 212. bound by rules of whose existence he has knowledge, 213. DAKOTA, statute of, authorizing use of roads and streets by these companies. 59. DAMAGES, Rule in Hadley v. Baxendale: --the measure of damages governed by general rules, 310. rule in Hadley v. Baxendale: damages in contemplation of the par-ties, 311. that rule as explained in a leading case in New York, 312....