 | Thomas Campbell Foster, William Francis Finlason - 1862 - 910 σελίδες
...and the engine, that the carriage was thrown off the the negligence of their servants:— Held, that a railway company is bound to use the best precautions in known practical use to secure _ the safety of their passengers, but not every possible precaution which the highest scientific skill... | |
 | Thomas Campbell Foster, William Francis Finlason - 1862 - 914 σελίδες
...thrown off the the negligence of their ser- line, and he was greatly injured. vants: — Held, that a railway company is bound to use the best precautions in known practical (a) Vide Stokes v. The. Eastern Counties Railway Company, aatt, use to secure p ggi_ the safety of... | |
 | Isaac Fletcher Redfield - 1867 - 930 σελίδες
...they will be responsible, 'and very justly. As was said in a late English case 20 : The company " was bound to use the best precautions in known practical...safety of their passengers ; but not every possible preventive which the tensively discussed in some late English cases. In Taylor v. Caldwell, 32 L. J,... | |
 | Charles John Bunyon - 1867 - 316 σελίδες
...decided by the jury (b). And the question to be left for the jury is not whether the company has taken every possible precaution which the highest scientific...according to speculative evidence might have suggested, but whether it has used the best precautions in known practical use, and observed reasonable care in... | |
 | Louis Arthur Goodeve - 1874 - 704 σελίδες
...rule as to negligence. In Ford v. London and South Western Railway Co. (2), that eminent Judge said: "A railway company is bound to use the best precautions...(according to speculative evidence) might have suggested." In a still later case before Keating, J., — Dimmoch v. North Staffordshire Railway Co. (3) — the... | |
 | 1874 - 436 σελίδες
...held in recent cases, that a railroad is bound to use the best precautions in known practical use, but not every possible precaution, which the highest...speculative evidence, might have suggested, ford v. London. 2 F. & F. 730. It is bound to adopt any new and useful improvement, which would have prevented... | |
 | Robert Vashon Rogers - 1875 - 242 σελίδες
...my hands with invisible soap, in imperceptible water," a la Tom Hood. " Yes," said an engineer, " a company is bound to use the best precautions in known...safety of their passengers, but not every possible preventive which the highest scientific skill might have suggested, 4 nor every device which ingenuity... | |
 | 1902 - 1128 σελίδες
...possible preventive which the highest scientific skill might suggest, the law requires such carriers to use the best precautions in known practical use to secure the safety of their passengers. Whether the carrier has done so or not is a question of fact, depending upon the peculiar circumstances... | |
 | Robert Vashon Rogers - 1881 - 348 σελίδες
...Tom Hood. " Yes," said an engineer, " a company is bound to discard unsecure cars and machinery,4 and to use the best precautions in known practical use to secure the safety of their passengers ; 5 they should have all improvements in machinery or in the construction of cars, &c., commonly used... | |
 | Robert Vashon Rogers - 1881 - 348 σελίδες
...Tom Hood. " Yes," said an engineer, " a company is bound to discard unsecure cars and machinery,4 and to use the best precautions in known practical use to secure the safety of their passengers ; 5 they should have all improvements in machineiy or in the construction of cars, &c., commonly used... | |
| |
In known practical use to secure the safety of the passengers, but not every possible preventive which the highest scientific skill might suggest. 
