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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... track . It is an incorporated village of about 250 people . The railway track there runs east and west . The depot is on the north side of the tracks , for there are two of them , -a switch track and the main line . The latter is south ...
... track . It is an incorporated village of about 250 people . The railway track there runs east and west . The depot is on the north side of the tracks , for there are two of them , -a switch track and the main line . The latter is south ...
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... track when the impact came . His body was knocked or thrown over to the south side of the track . The train which struck him did not stop at the depot in the village . It had stopped at the water tank two or three miles above . Then ...
... track when the impact came . His body was knocked or thrown over to the south side of the track . The train which struck him did not stop at the depot in the village . It had stopped at the water tank two or three miles above . Then ...
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... track and the main track , on the latter of which the train was running , he would have been safe . He did not do so and his recklessness in attempting to cross just ahead of the rapidly approaching train must be held to have been the ...
... track and the main track , on the latter of which the train was running , he would have been safe . He did not do so and his recklessness in attempting to cross just ahead of the rapidly approaching train must be held to have been the ...
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... track 40 feet to the belt line track , where he seated himself on the left - hand side of a cross - tie of the track , and when so seated that his back was toward the train ; that he knew , before crossing over and taking his seat ...
... track 40 feet to the belt line track , where he seated himself on the left - hand side of a cross - tie of the track , and when so seated that his back was toward the train ; that he knew , before crossing over and taking his seat ...
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... Track . The Whittaker track was in use by another switching crew when appellee entered the yards , and so he used the hog - house track . To get to the place of his destination he had to cross several other tracks , the last one being ...
... Track . The Whittaker track was in use by another switching crew when appellee entered the yards , and so he used the hog - house track . To get to the place of his destination he had to cross several other tracks , the last one being ...
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