A Treatise on the Federal Employers' Liability and Safety Appliance ActsW.H. Anderson Company, 1909 - 410 pages |
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... . Burden on plaintiff to show freedom from his own fault .. 39. Charge to jury under Georgia Code ... 40. Recovery by a railway employe . 243 62 64 65 SECTION 41 . Widow recovering for death of her husband iv TABLE OF CONTENTS .
... . Burden on plaintiff to show freedom from his own fault .. 39. Charge to jury under Georgia Code ... 40. Recovery by a railway employe . 243 62 64 65 SECTION 41 . Widow recovering for death of her husband iv TABLE OF CONTENTS .
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... ; 38 Am . Dec. 339 . 4 Ryan v . Cumberland Valley R. R. Co. 23 Pa . St. 384 . The rule was adopted in New York in 1851. Coon v . Utica , etc. , R. Co. 5 N. Y. 492 . 1 but was , when he was not at fault , CONSTITUTIONALITY OF STATUTE . 7.
... ; 38 Am . Dec. 339 . 4 Ryan v . Cumberland Valley R. R. Co. 23 Pa . St. 384 . The rule was adopted in New York in 1851. Coon v . Utica , etc. , R. Co. 5 N. Y. 492 . 1 but was , when he was not at fault , CONSTITUTIONALITY OF STATUTE . 7.
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William Wheeler Thornton. but was , when he was not at fault , only liable to his servant for his wages . 6 In Massachusetts the question was put upon the ground of implied contract , -that the contract of employment im- plied upon the ...
William Wheeler Thornton. but was , when he was not at fault , only liable to his servant for his wages . 6 In Massachusetts the question was put upon the ground of implied contract , -that the contract of employment im- plied upon the ...
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... fault by a fellow servant's negligent use of a dangerous agency was acting at the time . on his own initiative in the line of his duty or under the orders of a superior , is the only constitutional classification , is unwarranted ; a ...
... fault by a fellow servant's negligent use of a dangerous agency was acting at the time . on his own initiative in the line of his duty or under the orders of a superior , is the only constitutional classification , is unwarranted ; a ...
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... fault . 39. Charge to jury under Georgia Code . 40. Recovery by a railway em- ployee . 41 . Widow recovering for death of her husband - Georgia statute - Contributory neg- ligence of deceased . 42. Apportionment of damages . 43. An ...
... fault . 39. Charge to jury under Georgia Code . 40. Recovery by a railway em- ployee . 41 . Widow recovering for death of her husband - Georgia statute - Contributory neg- ligence of deceased . 42. Apportionment of damages . 43. An ...
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Page 267 - ... for a continuous carriage or shipment, from one State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, to any other State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or from any place in the United States to an adjacent foreign country, or from any place in the United States through a foreign country to any other place in the United States. The term "railroad...
Page 324 - January, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, it shall be unlawful for any such common carrier to haul ' or permit to be hauled or used on its line any car used in moving interstate traffic not equipped with couplers coupling automatically by impact, and which can be uncoupled without the necessity of men going between the ends of the cars.
Page 244 - ... resulting in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or employees of such carrier, or by reason of any defect or insufficiency, due to its negligence, in its cars, engines, appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, works, boats, wharves, or other equipment.
Page 268 - That no operator, train dispatcher, or other employee who by the use of the telegraph or telephone dispatches, reports, transmits, receives, or delivers orders pertaining to or affecting train movements...
Page 239 - Territories and any foreign nation or nations, shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed by such carrier in such commerce, or, in case of the death of such employee, to his or her personal representative, for the benefit of the surviving widow or husband and children of such employee; and, if none, then of such employee's parents; and, if none, then of the next of kin dependent upon such employee...
Page 257 - By reason of any defect in the condition of the ways, works, machinery, or plant connected with or used in the business of the employer...
Page 241 - That any contract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoever, the purpose or intent of which shall be to enable any common carrier to exempt itself from any liability created by this Act, shall to that extent be void...
Page 36 - That every common carrier by railroad while engaging in commerce between any of the several States or Territories, or between any of the States and Territories, or between the District of Columbia and any of the States or Territories and any foreign nation or nations, shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed by such carrier in such commerce...
Page 240 - Act to recover damages for personal injuries to an employee, or where such injuries have resulted in his death, the fact that the employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee...
Page 260 - An act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes, and for other purposes.