 We know of no definition of the word 'liability,' either given in the dictionaries or as used in the common speech of men, which restricts it to such as are absolute, or excludes the idea of contingency. In fact, it is more frequently used in the latter...  Digest of Legal Opinions - Page 2by United States. Veterans Bureau - 1926Full view - About this book
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 796 pages
...the meaning of the words "liability" and "liable," the court in Cochran v. US, 157 US 286, 296, said: "We know of no definition of the word 'liability,'...a common carrier, or the liability to accidents or to errors; and in Webster's dictionary the word ' liable ' is said to refer ' to a future possible... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1921 - 696 pages
...extent of the obligation was not then determinable cannot, in reason, defeat the obligation itself. "We know of no definition of the word 'liability,'...of an insurer or a common carrier or the liability of accidents or to errors ; and in Webster's Dictionary the word 'liable' is said to refer to a future... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - Law reports, digests, etc - 1904 - 598 pages
...case of Cochran & Sayre v. US, 157 US 286, 296, 15 Sup. Ct. 628, 632, 39 L. Ed. 704, the court said : "We know of no definition of the word 'liability,'...a common carrier, or the liability to accidents or to errors; and in Webster's Dictionary the word 'liable' is said to refer 'to a possible or probable... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 1134 pages
...of Cochrau & Sayre v. U. S., 157 US 280. 290, 15 Sup. Ct. 628. 632, 39 L. Ed. 704, the court said: "We know of no definition of the word 'liability,'...a common carrier, or the liability to accidents or to errors; and in Webster's Dictionary the word 'liable' is said to refer 'to a possible or probable... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 1128 pages
...Cochran & Sayre v. U. S., 157 US 280. 2ÍK>, 15 Sup. Ct. (¡28. IÍ32. 39 L. Ed. 704, the court said: "We know of no definition of the word 'liability.'...In fact, it is more frequently used in the latter souse than in the former, as when we speak of the liability of an insurer or a common carrier, or the... | |
 | Law - 1904 - 980 pages
...certain. In Cochran v. United States, 157 US 286, 15 Sup. Ct. 628, 39 L. Ed. 704, the court said : "We know of no definition of the word 'liability,'...common speech of men, which restricts It to such as »re absolute, or excludes the idea of contingency. In fart, It is more frequently used in tbe latter... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 1290 pages
..."liable," the court in Cochran v. Ü. S., 157 US 280, 296, 15 Sup. Ct. 628, 632. 39 L. Ed. 704, said : "We know of no definition of the word 'liability,'...an insurer or a common carrier, or the liability to accident or to error ; and In Webster's dictionary the word 'liable' is said to refer to a future possible... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1922 - 1126 pages
...contingency." In Cochran v. United States, 167 US 286, 296, 15 Sup. Ct. 628, 632 (39 L. Ed. 704) It le said: "We know of no definition of the word 'liability' either given in the dictionaries or ля used in the common speech of men, which restricts it to such as are absolute, or excludes the... | |
 | Law - 1894 - 344 pages
...delivering the opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States in Cochrane v. United States, 157 US, 286, at page 296. " We know of no definition of the word...liability ' either given in the dictionaries or as nsed in the common speech of men, which restricts it to such as are absolute, or excludes the idea... | |
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