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, 1896 |
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... statutes on the subject are found in Comp . St. , c . 72 , art . 1 , §§ 1 , 2. The court , after stating the issues , stated to the jury the substance of the statute , and then charged the jury that the duty as imposed by statute of ...
... statutes on the subject are found in Comp . St. , c . 72 , art . 1 , §§ 1 , 2. The court , after stating the issues , stated to the jury the substance of the statute , and then charged the jury that the duty as imposed by statute of ...
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... statute . The clerk , in his certificate allowing the bill , recites that the defendant had filed an affidavit setting forth the absence of the trial judge from the county of Lancaster . A lawful excuse was shown for not having the ...
... statute . The clerk , in his certificate allowing the bill , recites that the defendant had filed an affidavit setting forth the absence of the trial judge from the county of Lancaster . A lawful excuse was shown for not having the ...
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... statute for a purpose , and it seems to us that the essential thing , under the statute , is not the existence of a contract of service , but the actual performance of the duties of ticket agent for the railroad company . As bearing ...
... statute for a purpose , and it seems to us that the essential thing , under the statute , is not the existence of a contract of service , but the actual performance of the duties of ticket agent for the railroad company . As bearing ...
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... Statute in Regard to Signals Does not Exempt from Negligence . Notwithstanding the statutes of Utah provide that railroad companies crossing streets and thoroughfares shall ring the locomotive bell and sound the whistle , yet this statute ...
... Statute in Regard to Signals Does not Exempt from Negligence . Notwithstanding the statutes of Utah provide that railroad companies crossing streets and thoroughfares shall ring the locomotive bell and sound the whistle , yet this statute ...
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... statutes of Utah only impose upon railroad companies the duty of ringing the bells and sounding the whistles upon the approach of trains at public crossings , and the appellants contend that , if the defendants per- with statute in ...
... statutes of Utah only impose upon railroad companies the duty of ringing the bells and sounding the whistles upon the approach of trains at public crossings , and the appellants contend that , if the defendants per- with statute in ...
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Página 297 - It is, therefore, to be regretted that this high tribunal, the final expositor of the fundamental law of the land, has reached the conclusion that it is competent for a State to regulate the enjoyment by citizens of their civil rights solely upon the basis of race, In my opinion, the judgment this day rendered will, in time, prove to be quite as pernicious as the decision made by this tribunal in the Dred Scott case...
Página 293 - What is this but declaring that the law in the States shall be the same for the black as for the white ; that all persons, whether colored or white, shall stand equal before the laws of the States, and, in regard to the colored race, for whose protection the amendment was primarily designed, that no discrimination shall be made against them by law because of their color?
Página 282 - The object of the [fourteenth] amendment was undoubtedly to enforce the absolute equality of the two races before the law, but in the nature of things it could not have been intended to abolish distinctions based upon color, or to enforce social, as distinguished from political equality, or a commingling of the two races upon terms unsatisfactory to either.
Página 281 - It would be running the slavery argument into the ground," said Mr. Justice Bradley, "to make it apply to every act of discrimination which a person may see fit to make as to the guests he will entertain, or as to the people he will take into his coach or cab or car, or admit to his concert or theatre, or deal with in other matters of intercourse or business.
Página 289 - Gauged by this standard, we cannot say that a law which authorizes or even requires the separation of the two races in public conveyances is unreasonable, or more obnoxious to the Fourteenth Amendment than the acts of Congress requiring separate schools for colored children in the District of Columbia, the constitutionality of which does not seem to have been questioned, or the corresponding acts of state legislatures.
Página 228 - That the provisions of this act shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or property, or to the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of property, wholly within one State, and not shipped to or from a foreign country from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid.
Página 296 - The white race deems itself to be the dominant race in this country. And so it is, in prestige, in achievements, in education, in wealth, and in power. So, I doubt not, it will continue to be for all time, if it remains true to its great heritage, and holds fast to the principles of constitutional liberty.
Página 561 - ... the jury may give such damages as they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from such death to the parties, respectively, for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be brought...
Página 23 - Negligence is the failure to do what a reasonable and prudent person would ordinarily have done under the circumstances of the situation, or doing what such a person under the existing circumstances would not have done.
Página 283 - The most common instance of this is connected with the establishment of separate schools for white and colored children, which has been held to be a valid exercise of the legislative power even by courts of States where the political rights of the colored race have been longest and most earnestly enforced.