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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... dangerous proximity to the track , and , if the circumstances indi- cated that there was danger they would get upon the track , to use the means which they possessed for driving them away . " In that case , like the one at bar , there ...
... dangerous proximity to the track , and , if the circumstances indi- cated that there was danger they would get upon the track , to use the means which they possessed for driving them away . " In that case , like the one at bar , there ...
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... danger and presently prevent it . They are thus made careful for each other only to the extent of acts presently done , and not those done by servants distant in point of time or place , of which they have had no opportunity to know ...
... danger and presently prevent it . They are thus made careful for each other only to the extent of acts presently done , and not those done by servants distant in point of time or place , of which they have had no opportunity to know ...
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... Dangers Incident to Work . The usual and ordinary dangers incident to the service are assumed by the servant ... Danger . † -Where the foreman of a switching crew knew that the engine used was operated without a proper headlight ...
... Dangers Incident to Work . The usual and ordinary dangers incident to the service are assumed by the servant ... Danger . † -Where the foreman of a switching crew knew that the engine used was operated without a proper headlight ...
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... dangers incident to the service are assumed by the contract of hiring . One enter- ing into an employment which is necessarily more or less danger- ous is held to take those dangers into consideration in making his contract to work ...
... dangers incident to the service are assumed by the contract of hiring . One enter- ing into an employment which is necessarily more or less danger- ous is held to take those dangers into consideration in making his contract to work ...
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... Dangerous Track - Derailing Device . — In an action for death of a railroad brake- man in a collision between the ... Danger . † -A railroad brakeman whose duties did not limit his activities to any particular part of the railroad's ...
... Dangerous Track - Derailing Device . — In an action for death of a railroad brake- man in a collision between the ... Danger . † -A railroad brakeman whose duties did not limit his activities to any particular part of the railroad's ...
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