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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... testimony as to the num- ber of box cars on the switch track . The conclusion to which we have come in respect to it is the same as that of the dis- trict judge , and that is , there were but two , and the one of these nearer to the ...
... testimony as to the num- ber of box cars on the switch track . The conclusion to which we have come in respect to it is the same as that of the dis- trict judge , and that is , there were but two , and the one of these nearer to the ...
Page 32
... testimony the rule or notice of the defendant read in evi- dence , relating to the use of tracks by crews of the plaintiff's . company in entering the defendant's yard from the Terminal Railroad Association yard , was habitually ...
... testimony the rule or notice of the defendant read in evi- dence , relating to the use of tracks by crews of the plaintiff's . company in entering the defendant's yard from the Terminal Railroad Association yard , was habitually ...
Page 35
... testimony to the effect that a period was but a short time , or that , in the opinion of the witness , a train was running at a rate of four or five miles per hour , is competent . Same . It is not competent , for the purpose of ...
... testimony to the effect that a period was but a short time , or that , in the opinion of the witness , a train was running at a rate of four or five miles per hour , is competent . Same . It is not competent , for the purpose of ...
Page 36
... testimony . We do not think that a witness can be " bolstered up " in this way . The error seems to us to have been material , because we can readily conceive how such testimony would probably have a strong influence upon the minds of ...
... testimony . We do not think that a witness can be " bolstered up " in this way . The error seems to us to have been material , because we can readily conceive how such testimony would probably have a strong influence upon the minds of ...
Page 37
... testimony by proof that the witness had , on the contrary , claimed at this time and place that he was present , and that other parties had heard him so assert . No reason of this character , however , appears in the record for the ...
... testimony by proof that the witness had , on the contrary , claimed at this time and place that he was present , and that other parties had heard him so assert . No reason of this character , however , appears in the record for the ...
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