Reports of Cases Determined by the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri, Volume 261E.W. Stephens, 1915 |
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... reason of the situation and construction of the shaft in question , and the location of the live pulley , the belt could not be adjusted in that manner ; ( d ) , it also assumes , and contrary to the testimony , that this belt was being ...
... reason of the situation and construction of the shaft in question , and the location of the live pulley , the belt could not be adjusted in that manner ; ( d ) , it also assumes , and contrary to the testimony , that this belt was being ...
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... reason of such act of suddenly throwing said belt upon said pulley and starting it to revolving as aforesaid , if you find he did so , the position or place in which plaintiff was working was rendered extra or unusually hazardous and ...
... reason of such act of suddenly throwing said belt upon said pulley and starting it to revolving as aforesaid , if you find he did so , the position or place in which plaintiff was working was rendered extra or unusually hazardous and ...
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... reason . Plaintiff was gravely in- jured and , if his story be true , had a meritorious case . He was entitled to have the jury's mind focused on , not diverted from , the issues . Instruction number four did not fill that office , for ...
... reason . Plaintiff was gravely in- jured and , if his story be true , had a meritorious case . He was entitled to have the jury's mind focused on , not diverted from , the issues . Instruction number four did not fill that office , for ...
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... reason , not made clear , counsel for respond- ent seem to have objected to the introduction of va- rious receipts and entries offered from a book called the " Receiver's Book , " in the possession of one J. R. Brewer , one of the ...
... reason , not made clear , counsel for respond- ent seem to have objected to the introduction of va- rious receipts and entries offered from a book called the " Receiver's Book , " in the possession of one J. R. Brewer , one of the ...
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... reasons suggested had intervened , was an unnecessary toil and a useless expense . At any rate , no such patents for untold thousands of acres of this land were issued , which , regardless of the good reason or any reason for the ...
... reasons suggested had intervened , was an unnecessary toil and a useless expense . At any rate , no such patents for untold thousands of acres of this land were issued , which , regardless of the good reason or any reason for the ...
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