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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... negligence , either in jumping on or off a train while in motion , or in sitting on a cross - tie while the train was approaching . Presumption That Boy Seen Sitting on Cross - Tie Will Avoid Danger . * If the engineer or fireman on a ...
... negligence , either in jumping on or off a train while in motion , or in sitting on a cross - tie while the train was approaching . Presumption That Boy Seen Sitting on Cross - Tie Will Avoid Danger . * If the engineer or fireman on a ...
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... negligence , where actionable negligence is admitted , and punitive damages could not have been allowed if gross negligence had been shown , is not harm- less , though the jury found that there was no gross neligence ; coun- sel having ...
... negligence , where actionable negligence is admitted , and punitive damages could not have been allowed if gross negligence had been shown , is not harm- less , though the jury found that there was no gross neligence ; coun- sel having ...
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... negligent . In the opening address of plaintiff's counsel to the jury he treated the subject of gross negligence as the all - important one to be dealt with by them , and in a manner well calculated to inflame their minds with prejudice ...
... negligent . In the opening address of plaintiff's counsel to the jury he treated the subject of gross negligence as the all - important one to be dealt with by them , and in a manner well calculated to inflame their minds with prejudice ...
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... negligence . There was no element of injury of a compensable character that would not have existed re- gardless of whether the fault of the defendant was ordinary or gross negligence . Yet , the trial court , misconceiving what ...
... negligence . There was no element of injury of a compensable character that would not have existed re- gardless of whether the fault of the defendant was ordinary or gross negligence . Yet , the trial court , misconceiving what ...
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... negligence , was error , but harmless error . We will say in passing that we do not lose sight of the lan- guage called to our attention in Bass v . C. & N. W. R. Co. , 36 Wis . , at page 462 , and 17 Ara . Rep . 495 , to the effect ...
... negligence , was error , but harmless error . We will say in passing that we do not lose sight of the lan- guage called to our attention in Bass v . C. & N. W. R. Co. , 36 Wis . , at page 462 , and 17 Ara . Rep . 495 , to the effect ...
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