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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... engine ; that it was standing on the passing track when first discovered , eating and grazing , and remained there until the train got in about two car lengths from it , when it stepped over on the main line in front of the engine , and ...
... engine ; that it was standing on the passing track when first discovered , eating and grazing , and remained there until the train got in about two car lengths from it , when it stepped over on the main line in front of the engine , and ...
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... engine was 50 feet from the first horse when he saw it , and the testimony of other witnesses tends to show that the second horse was 65 yards further from the engine than the first ; that being the distance ยท Harris v . Missouri , etc ...
... engine was 50 feet from the first horse when he saw it , and the testimony of other witnesses tends to show that the second horse was 65 yards further from the engine than the first ; that being the distance ยท Harris v . Missouri , etc ...
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... engine could and would have got off the track . Whether the jury were justified in draw- ing the same inference as to the first horse we need not inquire , for the reason that the instruction asked applied to both horses , and it was ...
... engine could and would have got off the track . Whether the jury were justified in draw- ing the same inference as to the first horse we need not inquire , for the reason that the instruction asked applied to both horses , and it was ...
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... engine over and kill domestic animals ad libitum , and without imposing any liability on his company there for because he did not see them . It is duty of the company , under the conditions which exist in this territory , to exercise ...
... engine over and kill domestic animals ad libitum , and without imposing any liability on his company there for because he did not see them . It is duty of the company , under the conditions which exist in this territory , to exercise ...
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... engine was within 20 feet of her , and that the train was then going at the rate of 15 miles an hour , and could not have been stopped after the cow came upon the track , and before she was struck . It is also true that the engineer and ...
... engine was within 20 feet of her , and that the train was then going at the rate of 15 miles an hour , and could not have been stopped after the cow came upon the track , and before she was struck . It is also true that the engineer and ...
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