Reports of Cases Decided by the Railway and Canal Commissioners, Volumen3Sweet and Maxwell., 1881 Vols. 1-6 and 8-16 each contain digest of railway cases decided in the Superior Court of Law. |
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Página 538 - section, and are substantially three in number: First, a positive obligation to afford, according to their respective powers, all reasonable facilities for the receiving, and forwarding, and delivering of traffic upon and from the several railways and canals belonging to or worked by such companies respectively, and for the return,
Página xix - LUGGAGE.]—!. Whatever the passenger takes with him for his personal use or convenience, according to the habits or wants of the particular class to which he belongs, either with reference to the immediate necessities or to the ultimate purpose of the journey, is to be considered as personal luggage. Macrow v.
Página 502 - desirous of using such railway or canal, or railways and canals, as a continuous line of communication, and so that all reasonable accommodation may, by means of the railways and canals of the several companies, be at all times afforded to the public in that behalf.
Página 489 - prejudice or disadvantage in any respect whatsoever;" and " every railway company and canal company having or working railways or canals, which form part of a continuous line of railway or canal or railway and canal communication, or which have the terminus station or wharf of the one near
Página xxi - that a passenger should show and deliver up his ticket to any duly authorized servant of the company whenever required to do so for any purpose; and that any person travelling without a ticket, or failing or refusing to show or deliver up his ticket as aforesaid, should be required to pay the fare from the station
Página 507 - Before apportioning the profits to be divided among the shareholders, the directors may, if they think fit, set aside thereout such sum as they may think proper to meet contingencies, or for enlarging, repairing, or improving the works connected with the undertaking, or any part thereof, and may divide the balance only among the shareholders.
Página 603 - The obligation imposed upon every railway company to afford all due and reasonable facilities for receiving and forwarding by its railway traffic coming by another, which forms with it a continuous line of communication, is not limited to the cases in which a railway company has accommodation to take over such traffic at the point of junction.
Página 175 - they think fit. Provided that articles sent in large aggregate quantities, although made up of separate parcels, such as bags of sugar, coffee, meal, and the like, shall not be deemed small parcels, but that term shall apply only to single parcels in separate packages.
Página xxiv - person travelling, without the special permission of some duly-authorized servant of the company, in a carriage or by a train of a superior class to that for •which his ticket was issued, is hereby subject to a penalty not exceeding 40s., and shall in addition be liable to pay his
Página xx - or deliver up his ticket" to any duly authorized servant of the company when required to do so, " shall be required to pay the fare from the station whence the train originally started to the end of his journey.