The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All the Railroad Cases in the Courts of Last Resort in America and EnglandLawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson E. Thompson, 1887 - Railroad law Covers cases decided [1879?]-1895. |
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... jury to judge , if they only knew what they were ; but the plaintiff did not give them ; so when he said that Mr. Walter " held out " to him that he would be paid , he states nothing more than a conclusion of his own . The jury could ...
... jury to judge , if they only knew what they were ; but the plaintiff did not give them ; so when he said that Mr. Walter " held out " to him that he would be paid , he states nothing more than a conclusion of his own . The jury could ...
Page 102
... jury in finding that the promise of the defendants was EVIDENCE- to the plaintiff . The defendants contend that the guarantee is insufficient to satisfy the statute of frauds , because it does not contain the name of the plaintiff as ...
... jury in finding that the promise of the defendants was EVIDENCE- to the plaintiff . The defendants contend that the guarantee is insufficient to satisfy the statute of frauds , because it does not contain the name of the plaintiff as ...
Page 112
... jury that the plaintiff's right of action was barred by the statute of limitations of Tennessee ( Code of 1858 , § 2775 ) . The jury returned a verdict for the defendant and the plaintiff excepted to the instruction and sued out this ...
... jury that the plaintiff's right of action was barred by the statute of limitations of Tennessee ( Code of 1858 , § 2775 ) . The jury returned a verdict for the defendant and the plaintiff excepted to the instruction and sued out this ...
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... jury the question of whether the facts SHOW PROBABLE Constitute probable cause . This was error . It was for the jury to find the facts , and for the court to decide whether or not the facts constituted probable cause for the prose ...
... jury the question of whether the facts SHOW PROBABLE Constitute probable cause . This was error . It was for the jury to find the facts , and for the court to decide whether or not the facts constituted probable cause for the prose ...
Page 125
... jury . But whether , supposing them true , they amount to probable cause , is a question of law for the court . " By the same court it was said : " Either party , upon request , would have been entitled to a direct and specific ...
... jury . But whether , supposing them true , they amount to probable cause , is a question of law for the court . " By the same court it was said : " Either party , upon request , would have been entitled to a direct and specific ...
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Page 479 - Act to recover damages for personal injuries to an employee or where such injuries have resulted in his death, the fact that the employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee...
Page 302 - ... no such Company shall make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to or in favour of any particular person or Company, or any particular description of traffic, in any respect whatsoever...
Page 644 - Municipal and other corporations and individuals invested with the privilege of taking private property for public use, shall make just compensation for property taken, injured, or destroyed by the construction or enlargement of their works, highways, or improvements, which compensation shall be paid or secured before such taking, injury, or destruction.
Page 41 - Commerce with foreign countries, and among the States, strictly considered, consists in intercourse and traffic, including in these terms navigation, and the transportation and transit of persons and property, as well as the purchase, sale, and exchange of commodities.
Page 411 - In an action by a mortgagee for the foreclosure of his mortgage and sale of the mortgaged property, where it appears that the mortgaged property is in danger of being lost, removed or materially injured, or that the condition of the mortgage has not been performed and that the property is probably insufficient to discharge the mortgage debt.
Page 38 - But we think it may safely be said that State legislation which seeks to impose a direct burden upon inter-state commerce, or to interfere directly with its freedom, does encroach upon the exclusive power of Congress. The statute now under consideration, in our opinion, occupies that position. It does not act upon the business through the local instruments to be employed after coming within the State, but directly upon the business as it comes into the State from without or goes out from within.
Page 621 - Contractor to discontinue all work, or any part thereof, as may be designated by the said party of the first part, and the said party of the first part...
Page 55 - A conveyance upon a sale, made pursuant to a final judgment, in an action to foreclose a mortgage upon real property, vests in the purchaser the same estate, only, that would have vested in the mortgagee, if the equity of redemption had been foreclosed. Such a conveyance is as valid, as if it was executed by the mortgagor and mortgagee, and is an entire bar against each of them...
Page 20 - Inspection laws, quarantine laws, health laws of every description, as well as laws for regulating the internal commerce of a state, and those which respect turnpike-roads, ferries, etc., are component parts of this mass. No direct general power over these objects is granted to Congress; and, consequently, they remain subject to state legislation.
Page 18 - ... law of Delaware to the Constitution is placed entirely on its repugnancy to the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several States ; a power which has not been so exercised as to affect the question. We do not think that the act empowering the Blackbird...