Bulletin of the Department of Labor, Issue 16, Parts 74-76U.S. Government Printing Office, 1908 |
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... matter of law in a case where a low bridge railroad could be changed only at large expense and the marked inconvenience of several members of the public . ( 4 ) The Repair . nishing safe and suitable appliances . ( c ) Inasmuch ...
... matter of law in a case where a low bridge railroad could be changed only at large expense and the marked inconvenience of several members of the public . ( 4 ) The Repair . nishing safe and suitable appliances . ( c ) Inasmuch ...
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... matter upon which there are more conflicting and irreconcilable de- cisions in the various courts of the land than the one as to what is the test of common service , such as to relieve the master from liability for the injury of one ...
... matter upon which there are more conflicting and irreconcilable de- cisions in the various courts of the land than the one as to what is the test of common service , such as to relieve the master from liability for the injury of one ...
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... matter of law , and the trial jury will not pass upon it . CONTEMPLATED RISKS . - A theory that has been adopted in many ea es is that the service is common if the negligence of the delinquent servant was , in a fair and reasonable ...
... matter of law , and the trial jury will not pass upon it . CONTEMPLATED RISKS . - A theory that has been adopted in many ea es is that the service is common if the negligence of the delinquent servant was , in a fair and reasonable ...
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... matter of evidence . As the result of an analysis of a large number of cases in which this doctrine controls , the following elements are presented by a leading text writer ( m ) as determinative of the rights of the injured employee ...
... matter of evidence . As the result of an analysis of a large number of cases in which this doctrine controls , the following elements are presented by a leading text writer ( m ) as determinative of the rights of the injured employee ...
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... matter how inferior his rank may be in the master's service , can relieve the liability of the master for its neglect . " Some discussion was had in an earlier part of this chapter of these nondelegable duties , from which the employer ...
... matter how inferior his rank may be in the master's service , can relieve the liability of the master for its neglect . " Some discussion was had in an earlier part of this chapter of these nondelegable duties , from which the employer ...
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Page 603 - Any person who shall be injured in his business or property by any other person or corporation by reason of anything forbidden or declared to be unlawful by this act may sue therefor in any Circuit Court of the United States in the district in which the defendant resides or is found, without respect to the amount in controversy, and shall recover threefold the damages by him sustained, and the costs of suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee. Sec. 8. That the word "person
Page 216 - Every contract, combination in form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce in any Territory of the United States, or of the District of Columbia, or in restraint of trade or commerce between any such Territory and another, or between any such Territory or Territories, and any State or States or the District of Columbia, or with foreign nations, or between the District of Columbia and any State or States, or foreign nations, is hereby declared illegal.
Page 78 - 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 615 - ... 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...
Page 77 - Every one is responsible, not only for the result of his willful acts, but also for an injury occasioned to another by his want of ordinary care or skill in the management of his property or person, except so far as the latter has, willfully or by want of ordinary care, brought the injury upon himself.
Page 216 - ... 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 150 - does not include any person employed otherwise than by way of manual labour whose remuneration exceeds two hundred and fifty pounds a year, or a person whose employment is of a casual nature and who is employed otherwise than for the purposes of the employer's trade or business...
Page 57 - ... (1) By reason of any defect in the condition of the ways, works or machinery connected with or used in the business of the employer...
Page 204 - ... any person whose ticket or passage is paid for with the money of another or who is assisted by others to come, unless it is affirmatively and satisfactorily shown on special inquiry that such person does not belong to one of the foregoing excluded classes...
Page 218 - If, as has always been understood, the sovereignty of congress, though limited to specified objects, is plenary as to those objects, the power over commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, is vested in congress as absolutely as it would be in a single government, having in its constitution the same restrictions on the exercise of the power as are found in the constitution of the United States.