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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... road company , an instruction that if the guard was improperly con- structed , or was insufficient , and by reason thereof stock came over the guard and destroyed plaintiff's crops , he was entitled to recover , was erroneous ; the ...
... road company , an instruction that if the guard was improperly con- structed , or was insufficient , and by reason thereof stock came over the guard and destroyed plaintiff's crops , he was entitled to recover , was erroneous ; the ...
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... roads , brought about by the concurring negligence of the engineer on his train and of the employees of the other road , his right to recover damages for such injury from the other road will not be defeated by reason of the negligence ...
... roads , brought about by the concurring negligence of the engineer on his train and of the employees of the other road , his right to recover damages for such injury from the other road will not be defeated by reason of the negligence ...
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... roads , occasioned by the concurring negligence of the engineer on his train and of the employees of the other road , could recover from the other road . See the case and author- ities cited . When the plaintiff is free from fault , the ...
... roads , occasioned by the concurring negligence of the engineer on his train and of the employees of the other road , could recover from the other road . See the case and author- ities cited . When the plaintiff is free from fault , the ...
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... road while the train was still in motion . Plaintiff , at the time of receiving the injury , was standing on the passenger platform of defendant's road at the town of Otho , and near the north end of such platform ; the train coming ...
... road while the train was still in motion . Plaintiff , at the time of receiving the injury , was standing on the passenger platform of defendant's road at the town of Otho , and near the north end of such platform ; the train coming ...
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... Road . A company operating a private railroad constructed for logging purposes is liable for fires caused by sparks from its engines igniting combustibles negligently permitted to remain on land necessarily used by it as a right of way ...
... Road . A company operating a private railroad constructed for logging purposes is liable for fires caused by sparks from its engines igniting combustibles negligently permitted to remain on land necessarily used by it as a right of way ...
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