NEGLIGENCE REPORTS CURRENT SERIES ALL THE CURRENT NEGLIGENCE CASES DECIDED IN THE FEDERAL TOGETHER WITH NOTES OF ENGLISH CASES AND ANNOTATIONS EDITED BY JOHN M. GARDNER VOL. XII NEW YORK REMICK & SCHILLING. 1903 38336 PREFACE. The cases reported in this volume of the series of AMERICAN NEGLIGENCE Reports (vol. XII) relate to INJURIES TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY, decided in the State and Federal Courts during the year 1902, being Negligence cases arising out of the relations of CARRIER AND PASSENGER, LANDLORD AND TENANT, MASTER AND SERVANT, MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS, STEAM AND STREET RAILROAD COMPANIES, and all other branches of the Law of NEGLIGENCE. Additional cases, prior to those decided in 1902, are appended to the numerous Notes and Annotations to the current decisions reported in this volume. Among the SPECIAL NOTES on the various topics of NEGLIGENCE LAW are the following: Liability of Carriers for Loss of Baggage; Liability of Connecting Carriers for Negligence; Recent cases on Furnishing Servant Safe Place to Work; Recent cases of Defective Appliances; Recent cases on Proximate Cause of Injury; Recent cases arising from Injuries to Trespassers, which notes are contributed by MR. ALFRED J. Hook, Librarian of the Law Library in Brooklyn, N. Y. The complete list of Special and other Notes in this volume will be found at the end of the TABLE Of Cases Reported. Annotations and Notes of English Cases are added to many of the cases reported herein, with numerous cross-references to various topics and cases reported in the series of AMERICAN NEGLIGENCE REPORTS. The cases reported in this volume comprise decisions in the highest Courts of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois (Supreme and Appellate Courts), Indiana (Supreme and Appellate Courts), Indian Territory, Iowa, Kansas (Supreme and Appellate Courts), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (Supreme and Appellate Courts), Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey (Supreme and Errors and Appeals), New York (Court of Appeals and Appellate Division Reference to the TABLE OF CASES CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO The editor cordially acknowledges the able services of MR. NEW YORK, January, 1903. JOHN M. GARDNER. [Notes of current cases are designated by the letter n preceding the number of the page on which the same appears in this volume, as, for instance: Andrews Baier v. Camden & Suburban R'y Co..N. J.; 52 Atl. 215. Ball v. Middlesboro Town & Lands Co.. Ky.; 68 S. W. 6.. Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co. v. Glenn..66 Ohio St. 395.. Co. v. Cox ..... Barker v. Ohio River R. R. Co..... .W. Va.; 41 S. E. 148.. Barnes v. Inhabitants of Rumford.....Me.; 52 Atl. 844 Baumler v. Narragansett Brewing Co..R. I.; 51 Atl. 203. Beall v. City of Seattle...... Beaver v. City of Eagle Grove... |