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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... side of the tracks , for there are two of them , -a switch track and the main line . The latter is south of the other . The lumber platform , shingle shed and cotton seed house , spoken of in the petition , are also on the north side of ...
... side of the tracks , for there are two of them , -a switch track and the main line . The latter is south of the other . The lumber platform , shingle shed and cotton seed house , spoken of in the petition , are also on the north side of ...
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... side track he undoubtedly had a view up the main track sufficiently distant to have enabled him to observe the approaching train and avoid it . When he reached the center of the side track his view extended still further up the line ...
... side track he undoubtedly had a view up the main track sufficiently distant to have enabled him to observe the approaching train and avoid it . When he reached the center of the side track his view extended still further up the line ...
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... side of the train while in motion , and jumped , or attempted to do so , upon the side of a car , but fell , and his foot was thereby caught and crushed . Two witnesses Logsden and Wood - testified that appellant told them he was ...
... side of the train while in motion , and jumped , or attempted to do so , upon the side of a car , but fell , and his foot was thereby caught and crushed . Two witnesses Logsden and Wood - testified that appellant told them he was ...
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... side of the case . The court can do that and still give counsel ample range for all their learning , ability and experience within the limits of the case , while repressing , and if necessary suppress- ing , excursions outside thereof ...
... side of the case . The court can do that and still give counsel ample range for all their learning , ability and experience within the limits of the case , while repressing , and if necessary suppress- ing , excursions outside thereof ...
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... side ; and on account of the fact that severe rain storms had so swollen the river as to render it practically impossible for him to reach his home from the Georgia side by means of a boat , * As to railroad's duty to trespassers on ...
... side ; and on account of the fact that severe rain storms had so swollen the river as to render it practically impossible for him to reach his home from the Georgia side by means of a boat , * As to railroad's duty to trespassers on ...
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