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 Edward Thompson Company, 1883 Covers cases decided [1879?]-1895. |
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Σελίδα 30
... employé is permitted or required to work , he shall receive compara- tive compensation in addition to his daily compensation . Sec . 4. Any railroad or any officer , agent or employé violating or permitting the viola- tion of any of the ...
... employé is permitted or required to work , he shall receive compara- tive compensation in addition to his daily compensation . Sec . 4. Any railroad or any officer , agent or employé violating or permitting the viola- tion of any of the ...
Σελίδα 33
... employé working for 20 hours at an agreed daily compensation , without any stipulation as to the number of hours which should constitute a day , would be entitled to pay for two days ' work . Such a provision is eminently fair and just ...
... employé working for 20 hours at an agreed daily compensation , without any stipulation as to the number of hours which should constitute a day , would be entitled to pay for two days ' work . Such a provision is eminently fair and just ...
Σελίδα 53
... employé unjusti- fiably assaulted the plaintiff while and because plaintiff attempted to pass through a gate which the employé was in charge of , and as part of the same transaction , and assuming to act under the defendant's authority ...
... employé unjusti- fiably assaulted the plaintiff while and because plaintiff attempted to pass through a gate which the employé was in charge of , and as part of the same transaction , and assuming to act under the defendant's authority ...
Σελίδα 64
... employé's business , and within the scope of his authority ; the boy being a trespasser , not a passenger . Special ... employé of the company commanded him to get off the car , and , he refusing or hesitating the employé got upon the ...
... employé's business , and within the scope of his authority ; the boy being a trespasser , not a passenger . Special ... employé of the company commanded him to get off the car , and , he refusing or hesitating the employé got upon the ...
Σελίδα 65
... employé of the company , or forced to jump off by the defendant's employés , who was the employé , and what was his position or employment ? ( 6 ) Did any of the employés of the defendant who had control of the train in question kick or ...
... employé of the company , or forced to jump off by the defendant's employés , who was the employé , and what was his position or employment ? ( 6 ) Did any of the employés of the defendant who had control of the train in question kick or ...
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Σελίδα 22 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or of like kind of property, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line, in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance...
Σελίδα 337 - Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall, according to their respective powers, afford all reasonable, proper, and equal facilities for the interchange of traffic between their respective lines, and for the receiving, forwarding, and delivering of passengers and property to and from their several lines and those connecting therewith, and shall not discriminate in their rates and charges between such connecting lines; but this shall not be construed as requiring any such common...
Σελίδα 486 - It is admitted that the rule is difficult of application. But it is generally held that, in order to warrant a finding that negligence, or an act not amounting to wanton wrong, is the proximate cause of an injury, it must appear that the injury was the natural and probable consequence of the negligence or wrongful act, and that it ought to have been foreseen in the light of the attending circumstances.
Σελίδα 338 - If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States in any manner or for any purpose...
Σελίδα 13 - That the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property -wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management, or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Σελίδα 337 - ... from the place of shipment to the place of destination; and no break of bulk, stoppage, or interruption made by such common carrier shall prevent the carriage of freights from being and being treated as one continuous carriage from the place of shipment to...
Σελίδα 337 - ... required to be done, such common carrier shall be liable to the person or persons injured thereby for the full amount of damages sustained in consequence of any such violation of the provisions of this act...
Σελίδα 683 - It is not intended to say that these words comprehend that commerce which is completely internal, which is carried on between man and man in a state, or between different parts of the same state, and which does not extend to or affect other states. Such a power would be inconvenient, and is certainly unnecessary. Comprehensive as the word among is, it may very properly be restricted to that commerce which concerns more states than one.
Σελίδα 514 - The general rule, resulting from considerations as well of justice as of policy, is, that he who engages in the employment of another for the performance of specified duties and services, for compensation, takes upon himself the natural and ordinary risks and perils incident to the performance of such services, and in legal presumption, the compensation is adjusted accordingly.
Σελίδα 640 - Pacific coast, and to secure the safe and speedy transportation of the mails, troops, munitions of war, and public stores over the route of said line of railway, every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said railroad...