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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... duty of the court to decide , as a matter of law , whether there is sufficient evi- dence for the jury to found a ... duty to it , except to use such efforts to keep from injuring it as a reasonably prudent person would use , after its ...
... duty of the court to decide , as a matter of law , whether there is sufficient evi- dence for the jury to found a ... duty to it , except to use such efforts to keep from injuring it as a reasonably prudent person would use , after its ...
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... duty on the part of train operators to keep a lookout for stock on , or in close proximity to , the track , but independent of the statute , it is a common - law duty that a person shall so use his property as not to unnecessarily ...
... duty on the part of train operators to keep a lookout for stock on , or in close proximity to , the track , but independent of the statute , it is a common - law duty that a person shall so use his property as not to unnecessarily ...
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... duty of the lat- ter to anticipate their presence , and so load its cars as not to in- jure any one of them . This court has gone to the extent of holding that where a railroad track runs through a populous community , along or across ...
... duty of the lat- ter to anticipate their presence , and so load its cars as not to in- jure any one of them . This court has gone to the extent of holding that where a railroad track runs through a populous community , along or across ...
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... duty owed peculiarly to employees , and , on the other hand , was encumbered with the fact that a part of the negligence charged was that of a fellow servant . The plaintiff recovered for a breach of a duty to the public which at best ...
... duty owed peculiarly to employees , and , on the other hand , was encumbered with the fact that a part of the negligence charged was that of a fellow servant . The plaintiff recovered for a breach of a duty to the public which at best ...
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... duty it was to write it . From the mere fact that the letter was written and signed by the superintendent it may not ... duties to be performed by him , yet we are of the opinion that the letter was improperly admitted in evidence , for ...
... duty it was to write it . From the mere fact that the letter was written and signed by the superintendent it may not ... duties to be performed by him , yet we are of the opinion that the letter was improperly admitted in evidence , for ...
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