American Negligence Reports, Current Series: (cited Am. Neg. Rep.) All the Current Negligence Cases Decided in the Federal Courts of the United States, the Courts of Last Resort of All the States and Territories, and Selections from the Intermediate Courts, Together with Notes of English Cases and Annotations, Volume 5John Milton Gardner, Walter James Eagle Remick & Schilling, 1899 - Employers' liability "All the current negligence cases decided in the federal courts of the United States, the courts of last resort of all the states and territories, and selections from the intermediate courts, together with notes of English cases and annotations." (varies) |
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... engaged in the operation of machinery and apparatus for producing electricity , and supplying it to dwelling- houses in the city of Denver ; that it had extended its wires to the house of Charles W. Walters , the father of the plaintiff ...
... engaged in the operation of machinery and apparatus for producing electricity , and supplying it to dwelling- houses in the city of Denver ; that it had extended its wires to the house of Charles W. Walters , the father of the plaintiff ...
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... engaged in his work for appel- lants from five to seven weeks . The evidence does not show that they ever gave him any instructions regarding the use of the ele- vator , or any information respecting the dangers to be guarded against in ...
... engaged in his work for appel- lants from five to seven weeks . The evidence does not show that they ever gave him any instructions regarding the use of the ele- vator , or any information respecting the dangers to be guarded against in ...
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... engaged in similiar work . The servant was under the evidence , acting under the spe- cific directions of the representative of the master , and was required to attach the loop in a particular way for the convenience of the master , so ...
... engaged in similiar work . The servant was under the evidence , acting under the spe- cific directions of the representative of the master , and was required to attach the loop in a particular way for the convenience of the master , so ...
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... engaged in painting , but was injured while in the act of adjusting it in obedience to orders , and before he could leave it for a place of safety . It would be an unjustifiable inference to draw , as a legal conclusion , that the ...
... engaged in painting , but was injured while in the act of adjusting it in obedience to orders , and before he could leave it for a place of safety . It would be an unjustifiable inference to draw , as a legal conclusion , that the ...
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... engaged in making up a train of freight cars in the yards at Clinton , preparatory to running west . As was his duty , the plaintiff had lighted the headlight and side- lights on the front of the engine before it was brought from the ...
... engaged in making up a train of freight cars in the yards at Clinton , preparatory to running west . As was his duty , the plaintiff had lighted the headlight and side- lights on the front of the engine before it was brought from the ...
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Page 72 - No variance between the allegation in a pleading and the proof is to be deemed material, unless it has actually misled the adverse party to his prejudice in maintaining his action or defense upon the merits.
Page 291 - No individual, partnership, or corporation, claiming or possessing the frontage or tidal lands of a harbor, bay, inlet, estuary, or other navigable water in this State, shall be permitted to exclude the right of way to such water whenever it is required for any public purpose, nor to destroy or obstruct the free navigation of such water ; and the Legislature shall enact such laws as will give the most liberal construction to this provision, so that access to the navigable waters of this State shall...
Page 32 - At the trial, the city objected to the introduction of any evidence in behalf of the plaintiff, on the ground that the petition did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.
Page 163 - The law has so high a regard for human life that it will not impute negligence to an effort to preserve it, unless made under such circumstances as to constitute rashness in the judgment of prudent persons.
Page 73 - There must be reasonable evidence of negligence; but where the thing is shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants, and the accident is such as in the ordinary course of things does not happen if those who have the management use proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendant, that the accident arose from want of care.
Page 685 - It is not enough that the injuries received may develop into more serious conditions than those which are visible at the time of the injury, nor even that they are likely to so develop. To entitle a plaintiff to recover present damages for apprehended future consequences there must be such a degree of probability of their occurring as amounts to a reasonable certainty that they will result from the original injury.
Page 648 - This rule Is obviously founded on the great principle of social duty, that every man, in the management of his own affairs, whether by himself or by his agents or servants, shall so conduct them as not to injure another; and if he does not, and another thereby sustains damage, he shall answer for it.
Page 373 - That the court erred in instructing the jury that if they found from the evidence that the defendant...
Page 115 - When a thing which causes injury is shown to be under the management of the defendant, and the accident is such as, in the ordinary course of things, does not happen if those who have the management use proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendant, that the accident arose from a want of care.
Page 432 - Indeed, it is to be noted in this connection that at the close of the evidence the trial court directed a verdict in favor of the local corporation and the conductor.