person walking diagonally across
street struck by falling electric
light pole and wires, not guilty of
contributory negligence...

U. S. Circ. App. 520
railway company contracting to
plank between rails at street
crossing, and employee's foot
caught in hole therein while coup-
ling cars.....
......U. S. 284
brakeman injured by escaping car
stored by company on side track
having steep grade......... U. S. 286
note of recent cases relating to col-
lisions at railway crossings...... 1-3
note of cases upon bicycle colli-
sions.....
Corporation.

director of corporation liable for
death from explosion of powder
in warehouse.

Coupling Cars.

employee,

717

Mont. 647

while coupling cars,
catching foot under rail and run

Crossing.

team struck by train at railroad
crossing....
.. Cal. I
person killed at crossing by being
caught under wheel of train.. Cal. 298
harvesting machine stuck upon
track at crossing of insufficient
width, and driver killed by train..
Kan. 593

boy passing between cars of train
that blocked street crossing, and
injured by its sudden movement..

Pa. 92

collision at crossing between trolley
car and runaway horse that
plaintiff was driving.....................
.Pa. 719
person going upon track after gates
were down, and injured by train
at street crossing...... ...Wis. 110
note of recent cases relating to col-
lision at railway crossings..... I-3
Custom.

of a fireman injured while inspect-
ing his engine.... .....Iowa, 325
injured by bundle thrown from
moving railroad train......Minn. 179

Damages.

substantial damages awarded,
though no pecuniary loss shown..

Cal. 115

measure of damages in action for
loss of house and goods by fire..

Iowa, 147

loss of reward for capture of crim-
inal owing to delay in delivery of
telegram.....
.....Iowa, 315
verdict of $2,000 for transmitting
libellous telegram.......... Minn. 376
excessive verdict for death of infant

from wrongful act..........N. J. 417
verdict for $9,000 not excessive
where deceased was 43 years of
age, in good health, and left five
children, and his salary had been
$1,250......
...N. Y. 215
for personal injuries to married
woman, when excessive....N. Y. 231
evidence that plaintiff still limped
and leg pained when used suffi-

conductor of train that had car
with broken steps attached found
dead alongside track.......N. D. 454
intoxicated passenger expelled from

waiting-room and dying from ex-
posure to weather... ...... . N. D. 467
pedestrian killed by coming in con-
tact with electric wire........ Pa. 403
conductor on footboard of open
summer car struck by passing car
and killed....
.Pa. 721
hotel guest killed in fire at hotel..
Tenn. 419

boy killed by contact with electric
wire lying in street..........Tex. 403
stockman killed while on top of car
passing under snow shed... Utah, 254
electrical machine attendant found

dead between dynamo in opera-
tion and lever of another... Utah, 727
person driving killed at crossing..

Defective Appliance.
promise to repair defective saw
after completion of job on hand..
Ind. 132
conductor assisting car shifter in-
jured by foot being caught by
rails that extended beyond turn-
table.....
.....Mass. 615
employee injured by use of appli-
ance alleged to be defective.. Neb. 50
employee injured by ladder break-
ing.....
...N. J. 388
conductor of train that had car
with broken steps attached found
dead alongside track.......N. D. 454
employees of tenant injured by fall
of elevator.....
...Wis. 504
liability for defective electric light
poles in street...U. S. Circ. App. 520
railway company contracting
plank between rails at street
crossing, and employee's foot
caught in hole therein while coup-
ling cars.....

Defective Article.

to

.U. S. 284

liability of vendor to third person.
for sale of defective article...U. S. 277

Defective Pole.

lineman injured by fall of electric
light pole decayed below surface
of ground.
.Mass. 41