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, 1897 |
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... injured , made while the work was yet unfinished , on the spot where the injury oc- curred , and almost simultaneously with the injury , and describing how it was caused . IN ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the ...
... injured , made while the work was yet unfinished , on the spot where the injury oc- curred , and almost simultaneously with the injury , and describing how it was caused . IN ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the ...
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... injury by reason of any de- fect in any car or locomotive , or in the machinery or attachments thereto belonging , owned and operated , or being run and operated by such corporation , such corporation shall be deemed to have had ...
... injury by reason of any de- fect in any car or locomotive , or in the machinery or attachments thereto belonging , owned and operated , or being run and operated by such corporation , such corporation shall be deemed to have had ...
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... injury . " The rule insisted upon for the exclusion of such declarations would , he said , " exclude everything from the res gesta which did not occur on the very instant of the grinding of the flesh and bones by the colliding car ...
... injury . " The rule insisted upon for the exclusion of such declarations would , he said , " exclude everything from the res gesta which did not occur on the very instant of the grinding of the flesh and bones by the colliding car ...
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... injury . The infliction of the injury and his explana- tion of his conduct were so close together that they may be said to have occurred at the same time . His declarations , therefore , were not , in any proper sense , a mere narrative ...
... injury . The infliction of the injury and his explana- tion of his conduct were so close together that they may be said to have occurred at the same time . His declarations , therefore , were not , in any proper sense , a mere narrative ...
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... injury in the course of operating the said railroad . This court , speaking through CHIEF JUSTICE STAYTON , said ... injuries as might result from the construction and maintenance of the railway , and not for the purpose of conferring on ...
... injury in the course of operating the said railroad . This court , speaking through CHIEF JUSTICE STAYTON , said ... injuries as might result from the construction and maintenance of the railway , and not for the purpose of conferring on ...
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accident action agent agreement alleged appellant appellee authority avers bill of lading bonds brakeman carrier cause charge charter Chicago circuit court City of Chicago common carrier compensation complaint conductor constitution construction contract contributory negligence corporation crossing damages declared defendant in error defendant's depot district duty employees engine evidence fact fence Galveston grade grade crossing hand car held highway Hudson River Railroad instruction interest interstate commerce act judgment jury land legislature liable ment Missouri Missouri Pac municipal operation ordinance owner pany parties passed passenger plaintiff in error purpose question rail Railroad Co railroad company railroad track railway company rates reasonable received recover regulations restraint of trade road rule servants smoke statute street supreme court sustained testified testimony tion train Trans-Missouri Freight Ass'n transportation trial verdict W. R. Co witness Wood County York
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Página 478 - ... in the course of transportation from one State to another, or to a foreign country, shall be forfeited to the United States, and may be seized and condemned by like proceedings as those provided by law for the forfeiture, seizure, and condemnation of property imported into the United States contrary to law.
Página 212 - ... such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally, ie according to the usual course of things from such breach of contract itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties at the time they made the contract, as the probable result of the breach of it.
Página 486 - A bell of at least thirty pounds weight or a steam whistle shall be placed on each locomotive engine, and shall be rung or whistled at the distance of at least eighty rods from the place where...
Página 477 - Every contract, combination in form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce, in any territory of the United States or of the District of Columbia, or in restraint of trade or commerce between any such territory and another, or between any such territory or territories, and any 331 state or states or the District of Columbia or with foreign nations, or between the District of Columbia and any state or states or foreign nations, is hereby declared illegal.
Página 404 - MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after stating the facts in the foregoing language, delivered the opinion of the court. The...
Página 462 - 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...
Página 212 - Where two parties have made a contract which one of them has broken, the damages which the other party ought to receive in respect of such breach of contract should be such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally — ie, according to the usual course of things, from such breach of contract itself...
Página 389 - The public policy of the Government is to be found in its statutes, and when they have not directly spoken, then in the decisions of the courts and the constant practice of the Government officials; but when the lawmaking power speaks upon a particular subject, over which it has constitutional power to legislate, public policy in such a case is what the statute enacts.
Página 477 - Sec. 4. The several circuit courts of the United States are hereby invested with jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of this act; and it shall be the duty of the several district attorneys of the United States, in their respective districts, under the direction of the attorney general, to institute proceedings in equity to prevent and restrain such violations.
Página 445 - Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is hereby declared to be illegal. Every person who shall make any such contract or engage in any such combination or conspiracy, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor...