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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... deceased knew that the captain's crew had left the boat , the fact that they had all lived in a common room and the rest of the crew knew it , and the boat was left in their charge , and deceased was in charge part of the time of the ...
... deceased knew that the captain's crew had left the boat , the fact that they had all lived in a common room and the rest of the crew knew it , and the boat was left in their charge , and deceased was in charge part of the time of the ...
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... deceased , to recover damages from the Newark Electric Light and Power Company , the plaintiff in error , for causing the death of her intestate on July 22 , 1895 , by its negligence . To a declaration charging negligence , the company ...
... deceased , to recover damages from the Newark Electric Light and Power Company , the plaintiff in error , for causing the death of her intestate on July 22 , 1895 , by its negligence . To a declaration charging negligence , the company ...
Page 188
... deceased contributed to his death by his own negligence , or because they fail to show any negligence on the part of the company which charged it with liability to deceased or to his administratrix . The contention that , upon the facts ...
... deceased contributed to his death by his own negligence , or because they fail to show any negligence on the part of the company which charged it with liability to deceased or to his administratrix . The contention that , upon the facts ...
Page 189
... deceased was not negligent . The contention that , upon the facts , viewed in the light most favorable to the administratrix , the negligence of the company , and its liability therefor to the deceased or to his administratrix , was not ...
... deceased was not negligent . The contention that , upon the facts , viewed in the light most favorable to the administratrix , the negligence of the company , and its liability therefor to the deceased or to his administratrix , was not ...
Page 190
... deceased , had participated in breaking down and exposing the dangerous wire , and who thereafter intermeddled with : it , the company owed no duty except to refrain from wilful acts to their injury . The subsequent handling of the wire ...
... deceased , had participated in breaking down and exposing the dangerous wire , and who thereafter intermeddled with : it , the company owed no duty except to refrain from wilful acts to their injury . The subsequent handling of the wire ...
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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.