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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... was behind the toolhouse ; that the train was running at a rate of between 25 and 30 miles per hour , and that the signals which he gave were opening the Harris v . Missouri , etc. , Ry . Co VOL 35 R R R - VOL 58 AM & ENG R CAS N S 3.
... was behind the toolhouse ; that the train was running at a rate of between 25 and 30 miles per hour , and that the signals which he gave were opening the Harris v . Missouri , etc. , Ry . Co VOL 35 R R R - VOL 58 AM & ENG R CAS N S 3.
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... signals were sounded , there then arose a condition upon which a jury could reasonably conclude that the engineer of the defendant company was negligent in neither slacking the train nor giving any signals to frighten the animal from ...
... signals were sounded , there then arose a condition upon which a jury could reasonably conclude that the engineer of the defendant company was negligent in neither slacking the train nor giving any signals to frighten the animal from ...
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... signals had been sounded when the horses were first discovered , or ought to have been dis- covered , the horse furthest from the engine could and would have got off the track . Whether the jury were justified in draw- ing the same ...
... signals had been sounded when the horses were first discovered , or ought to have been dis- covered , the horse furthest from the engine could and would have got off the track . Whether the jury were justified in draw- ing the same ...
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... signal given , 80 rods from the crossing , nor at any time afterward before the cow was struck . There is also testi ... signals were given . Upon this the Supreme Court of Kansas held as do we : " The conflict of testimony as to the ...
... signal given , 80 rods from the crossing , nor at any time afterward before the cow was struck . There is also testi ... signals were given . Upon this the Supreme Court of Kansas held as do we : " The conflict of testimony as to the ...
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... signals or checking the speed of his car , to avoid their injury . Harper v . Railroad Co. , 99 Minn . 253 , 109 N. W. 227 , 6 L. R. A. ( N. S. ) 911 , 116 Am . St. Rep . 415. But where , as here , there appears to be no reason why a ...
... signals or checking the speed of his car , to avoid their injury . Harper v . Railroad Co. , 99 Minn . 253 , 109 N. W. 227 , 6 L. R. A. ( N. S. ) 911 , 116 Am . St. Rep . 415. But where , as here , there appears to be no reason why a ...
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