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boy stealing a ride on freight train
and ordered off by brakeman and
injured......
....Mass. 611
passenger, thinking car was on fire

from burning lamp, injured while
hastily leaving car.......... Mass. 613
motorman acting under orders of
superior injured by another car
while he was stooping near the
track.
.Mass. 621
horse frightened by ringing of
gong on electric car....... Mass. 625
boy sitting on step of moving street
car falling off and injured.. Minn. 47
rule of company requiring motor-

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railroad employee thrown from coal
car by impact of other car..N. J. 55
railroad company not bound to
make rules and regulations to
protect employees from risk inci-
dent to employment. .. .. .. . N. J. 55
passenger excluded from train be-
cause he was carrying parcels..

N. J. 58
passenger on train assaulted by
baggage master.
.N. J. 197

crossing track from train to sta-
tion and killed by passing train..
N. J. 407
ejection of trespasser from train by
brakeman....
passenger at station, while looking
after baggage, injured by cabmen
scuffling in passageway...........N. J. 675
horse injured in transit by negli-

...N. J. 660

gence of railroad company..N. Y. 73
passenger ejected from car for non-
payment of fare, having paid fare
in another car that broke down..

on

N. Y. 80
running

that by

.N. Y. 215

passenger standing
board of trolley car
sudden jerk caused him to lose
hold, and caused his body to
strike trolley pole..........N. Y. 83
run over by passing truck after fall-
ing from street car
suddenly
started..
employee, while attending to duty,
man to exercise greater degree of
crossing track at station and
care than law required..... Minn. 178
struck by train running ahead of
injured by bundle thrown from
time...
.......N. Y. 218
moving railroad train...... Minn. 179 train brought to sudden stop by
employee coupling cars injured by
leg of pants being caught by end
of splintered rail..... . Minn. 181
"cars" in statute making company
liable for injury to employees in-
clude hand cars.
. Minn. 182
trolley car colliding with truck
crossing track.......
switchman injured while attempt-
ing to get on switch engine as-
sumed risk of employment.. N. H.

Minn. 385

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passenger pulling emergency
lever, and fellow-passenger in-
jured....
.N. Y. 220
passenger on street car ejected be-
cause of expiration of time limit.
on transfer ticket..........N. Y. 224
passenger injured while attempting
to board street car temporarily
stopped and that he had not sig-
nalled......

.....N. Y. 226
injured when about to board car by

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being struck by car on other
track....
.N. Y. 421
passenger falling over mail bag on
station platform..... ...N. Y. 683
team struck by moving detached
car at railroad crossing..... N. Y. 699
passenger alighting from street car

while facing to the rear....
...N. C. 242
jumping from moving train at sig-

nal of conductor........... N. C. 445
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 exposure to weather..N. D. 467
intoxicated passenger carried by
station and put off at next sta-
tion......
N. D. 467
hand car approaching plaintiff, who
jumped from track, and fellow-
employee dropping iron that was
struck by car and thrown against
plaintiff....
boy passing between cars of train
that blocked street crossing, and
injured by its sudden movement..

.....Ore. 711

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right of passenger on train to alight
at intermediate stations during
journey....
train not stopping at station plat-
form; passenger falling into
water and compelled to continue
journey while wet...........Tex. 102
engineer of train injured in colli-
sion......
.Tex. 473
evidence that engineer on other oc-
casions slept at post........Tex. 473

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boy riding on footboard of engine
jumping to escape injury from
engineer.....
.....Tex. 477
stockman killed while on top of car
passing under snow shed...Utah, 254
standing on platform of car of
crowded train.....
Wash. 484
balance of train backed against ca-
boose of freight train with force,
and passenger injured...................Wis. 742
relation of carrier and passenger
exists when passenger has tem-
porarily alighted from train.............

U. S. Circ. App. 534

person alighting from train and
crossing track to get to telegraph
office at station, and struck by
another train....U. S. Circ. App. 534
sparks escaping from locomotive

and injuring person on station
platform........U. S. Circ. App. 541
railway company contracting to
plank between rails at street
crossing, and employee's foot
caught in hole therein while
coupling cars...... .....U. S. 284
note of recent cases relating to col-
lisions at railway crossings...... 1-3
note on liability of carriers of pas-
sengers for unauthorized acts of
employees...
... 197-200

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Risk of Employment - Continued.
employee smothered by bran in ele-
vator bin.......
. Minn. 382
switchman injured while attempt-
ing to get on switch engine as-
sumed risk of employment.. N. H. 22
railroad company not bound to
make rules and regulations to
protect employees from risk inci-
dent to employment. ...... . N. J. 55
employee injured by side of trench
that he was digging caving in..

N. J. 63

employee's hand injured in tobacco
mill from obvious danger...N. J. 191
plank left on girders of building

falling upon employee......N. J. 655
employee assumes risk of such dan-
gers as would be apparent to
him......
..N. J. 655
employee in shot tower jumping
from platform to escape injury
from splash of molten lead.. N. Y. 213
employee colliding with truck
stored in hallway of building
where he was employed....N. Y. 229
conductor of train that had car
with broken steps attached found
dead alongside track......N. D. 454
city employee injured by trench.
caving in......
master is not compelled to furnish
rules for guidance of employees
in work obviously dangerous...

.R. I. 724

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Rules.

..N. Y. 701

55

of company requiring motorman to
exercise greater degree of care
than law required.......... Minn. 178
railroad company not bound to
make rules and regulations to
protect employees from risk inci-
dent to employment. ...... . N. J.
master is not compelled to furnish
rules for guidance of employees
in work obviously dangerous...
Run Over.
boy trespassing on train falling
therefrom and run over, but not
before it had gone some distance..
Iowa,
child on railroad track, not mov-
ing, and not known to be such
until too late to stop train.. Kan. 29
Sale.

Utah, 727

liability of vendor to third person

26

for sale of defective article. .U. S. 277
Sawmill.

wheel in sawmill pulled from fas-
tenings and striking employee..
Ky. 602
Scaffold.

painter hanging scaffold as directed
by foreman, though against his
own convictions, and injured by
its fall....
..Ill. 16

Utah, 733

injury to premises not connected
with new sewer by water backing
up because old sewer walled up..

Mass. 171

bricklayer engaged in building
sewer injured by cave-in of
trench.....

apacity of sewer overtaxed by ad-
...N. J. 668

ditional water turned into it, and
land overflowed.......... .R. I. 247
release of city from liability for
damages to property by overflow
of sewer in consideration of per-
mission to connect with sewer..
R. I. 247
Sidewalk.

water flowing from roof and over
sidewalk and freezing......N. Y. 702
sloping alley crossing sidewalk,
and water collecting and freez-
ing...
....Ohio, 704
injured by falling on icy sidewalk..

Wis. 268

note of recent cases of accidents
from defective sidewalks..... 268-272

Signal.

death of fireman on derailed train
caused by absence of signal on
train....
.....Colo. 305
engine fireman riding on pilot in-
stead of going into cab of engine
that had received signal to back
quite a distance, but only went
short distance when it bumped
into cars, and fireman thrown off..
Iowa, 22

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car shifter is not a superintendent
under Stat. 1887............ Mass. 615
cars " in statute making com-
pany liable for injury to em-
ployees include hand cars. . Minn. 182
ordinance of city inconsistent with
State statute.....
Mont. 647
injury to trees by animals trespass-
ing on cultivated lands. .. .. . Neb. 184
excessive verdict for death of infant
from wrongful act...................
.N. J. 417
guest injured by jumping from
window of hotel on fire.....N. Y. 419
horses colliding with wire fence

built across trail on prairie...N. D. 451
certification to Supreme Court of
point of law for determination..

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.Tex. 102

right of action for benefit of dece-

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