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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... motion for a new trial , defendant appeals . DUDLEY & BUCK , for appellant . NICOL & ORR , for respondent . 1. The following are some recent cases that arose from collisions at crossings : In FENNELL 7. HARRIS ( Supreme Court ...
... motion for a new trial , defendant appeals . DUDLEY & BUCK , for appellant . NICOL & ORR , for respondent . 1. The following are some recent cases that arose from collisions at crossings : In FENNELL 7. HARRIS ( Supreme Court ...
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... motion for a new trial . The action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries . Plaintiff was in the act of driving across the railroad track of defendant , when a train approached , and , in attempting to save himself from a ...
... motion for a new trial . The action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries . Plaintiff was in the act of driving across the railroad track of defendant , when a train approached , and , in attempting to save himself from a ...
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... motion for a new trial . The action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries . Plaintiff was in the act of driving across the railroad track of defendant , when a train approached , and , in attempting to save himself from a ...
... motion for a new trial . The action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries . Plaintiff was in the act of driving across the railroad track of defendant , when a train approached , and , in attempting to save himself from a ...
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... motion to so instruct admits the truth of all opposing evidence , and all inferences which may be fairly and rationally drawn from it . The motion does not involve a determination of the weight of the evidence , nor the credibility of ...
... motion to so instruct admits the truth of all opposing evidence , and all inferences which may be fairly and rationally drawn from it . The motion does not involve a determination of the weight of the evidence , nor the credibility of ...
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... motion , the court may not adjudge such evidence insuffi- cient in law , and direct a verdict as in cases where ... motions are not to be regarded with favor . The province of the jury must not be invaded ( Frazer v . Howe , 106 Ill ...
... motion , the court may not adjudge such evidence insuffi- cient in law , and direct a verdict as in cases where ... motions are not to be regarded with favor . The province of the jury must not be invaded ( Frazer v . Howe , 106 Ill ...
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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.