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, 1897 |
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... District of Ohio . Clarence Brown , for plaintiff in error . Orville S. Brumback , for defendant in error . Before HARLAN , Circuit Justice , and TAFT and LUR- TON , Circuit Judges . HARLAN , Circuit Justice . This action was brought by ...
... District of Ohio . Clarence Brown , for plaintiff in error . Orville S. Brumback , for defendant in error . Before HARLAN , Circuit Justice , and TAFT and LUR- TON , Circuit Judges . HARLAN , Circuit Justice . This action was brought by ...
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... district court of civil appeals . Reversed . Gresham , Jones & Wheless , for plaintiff in error . R. Waverley Smith , Wheeler & Rhodes , and Hume & Kleberg , for defendant in error . BROWN , J. The city council of the city of Galveston ...
... district court of civil appeals . Reversed . Gresham , Jones & Wheless , for plaintiff in error . R. Waverley Smith , Wheeler & Rhodes , and Hume & Kleberg , for defendant in error . BROWN , J. The city council of the city of Galveston ...
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... district court , with a slight modification . The plaintiff in error assigns as ground of error the over- ruling of its general demurrer by the district court , and , under that assignment , presents the following question : When the ...
... district court , with a slight modification . The plaintiff in error assigns as ground of error the over- ruling of its general demurrer by the district court , and , under that assignment , presents the following question : When the ...
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... district court does not forfeit the charter of the company . This is true , but the result is more disastrous to the stockholders of the company than if the charter had been forfeited . If the charter were forfeited , the stockholders ...
... district court does not forfeit the charter of the company . This is true , but the result is more disastrous to the stockholders of the company than if the charter had been forfeited . If the charter were forfeited , the stockholders ...
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... district while running at large and trespassing on the right of way of a railway company . Held , that the contributory negligence of the owner of the mule in allowing him to be at large was not such as to bar recovery for the killing ...
... district while running at large and trespassing on the right of way of a railway company . Held , that the contributory negligence of the owner of the mule in allowing him to be at large was not such as to bar recovery for the killing ...
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accident action agent agreement alleged appellant appellee authority avers bill of lading bonds brakeman carrier cause charge charter Chicago circuit court City of Chicago commerce common carrier compensation complaint conductor constitution construction contract contributory negligence corporation crossing damages defendant in error defendant's depot district duty employees engine evidence fact fence Galveston grade grade crossing hand car held highway Hudson River Railroad instruction interest interstate commerce act judgment jury land liable ment Missouri Missouri Pac municipal operation ordinance owner pany parties passed passenger plaintiff in error platform purpose question rail Railroad Co railroad company railroad track railway company rates reasonable received recover regulations restraint of trade road rule servants smoke statute street supreme court sustained testified testimony tion train Trans-Missouri Freight Ass'n transportation trial verdict W. R. Co witness Wood County York
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Página 478 - ... in the course of transportation from one State to another, or to a foreign country, shall be forfeited to the United States, and may be seized and condemned by like proceedings as those provided by law for the forfeiture, seizure, and condemnation of property imported into the United States contrary to law.
Página 212 - ... such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally, ie according to the usual course of things from such breach of contract itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties at the time they made the contract, as the probable result of the breach of it.
Página 486 - A bell of at least thirty pounds weight or a steam whistle shall be placed on each locomotive engine, and shall be rung or whistled at the distance of at least eighty rods from the place where...
Página 477 - 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 331 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.
Página 404 - MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after stating the facts in the foregoing language, delivered the opinion of the court. The...
Página 462 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or of like kind of property, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line, in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance...
Página 212 - Where two parties have made a contract which one of them has broken, the damages which the other party ought to receive in respect of such breach of contract should be such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally — ie, according to the usual course of things, from such breach of contract itself...
Página 389 - The public policy of the Government is to be found in its statutes, and when they have not directly spoken, then in the decisions of the courts and the constant practice of the Government officials; but when the lawmaking power speaks upon a particular subject, over which it has constitutional power to legislate, public policy in such a case is what the statute enacts.
Página 477 - Sec. 4. The several circuit courts of the United States are hereby invested with jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of this act; and it shall be the duty of the several district attorneys of the United States, in their respective districts, under the direction of the attorney general, to institute proceedings in equity to prevent and restrain such violations.
Página 445 - Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is hereby declared to be illegal. Every person who shall make any such contract or engage in any such combination or conspiracy, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor...