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, 1910 |
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... crossing of the railroad . Some were on one side of the track and some on another . De- fendant's freight train , traveling at a rate of 15 miles an hour , passed along the road and over the crossing . Shortly before the train reached ...
... crossing of the railroad . Some were on one side of the track and some on another . De- fendant's freight train , traveling at a rate of 15 miles an hour , passed along the road and over the crossing . Shortly before the train reached ...
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... crossing , nor at any time afterward before the cow was struck . There is also testi- mony that the ground was level near the crossing , and that there were no obstructions to prevent the engineer and fireman from seeing the cattle on ...
... crossing , nor at any time afterward before the cow was struck . There is also testi- mony that the ground was level near the crossing , and that there were no obstructions to prevent the engineer and fireman from seeing the cattle on ...
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... Crossing Streets - Duty to Public . - A corporation exer- cising a franchise to operate steam cars on tracks crossing the streets of a town incurs the correlative obligation to use such privilege with due regard to the public safety and ...
... Crossing Streets - Duty to Public . - A corporation exer- cising a franchise to operate steam cars on tracks crossing the streets of a town incurs the correlative obligation to use such privilege with due regard to the public safety and ...
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... crossing was not lighted ; that just before he reached the crossing an engine , with a tender and a flat car behind it , had passed across the street ( from the direction of defendant's depot , which is situated about 50 feet to the ...
... crossing was not lighted ; that just before he reached the crossing an engine , with a tender and a flat car behind it , had passed across the street ( from the direction of defendant's depot , which is situated about 50 feet to the ...
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... crossing ; that plaintiff in attempting to cross the tracks was struck by the train , which , having gone southward ... crossed the tracks in front of the locomotive seem to have seen it ( in fact , one of them had got on it ) , they ...
... crossing ; that plaintiff in attempting to cross the tracks was struck by the train , which , having gone southward ... crossed the tracks in front of the locomotive seem to have seen it ( in fact , one of them had got on it ) , they ...
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