United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ... and Rules Announced at ..., Volume 196United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1905 - Courts |
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... liabilities or requirements of the act of 1893. At the very least some cars must have been equipped as directed by the act of 1893 , and the act of 1903 was not intended to operate as a further extension of time as to them . Did the act ...
... liabilities or requirements of the act of 1893. At the very least some cars must have been equipped as directed by the act of 1893 , and the act of 1903 was not intended to operate as a further extension of time as to them . Did the act ...
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... liability , where none existed before , it must be strictly and literally construed . Sutherland on Stat . Con- struction , § 371 . There was no duty on the railroad company to equip its engines with automatic couplers under the common ...
... liability , where none existed before , it must be strictly and literally construed . Sutherland on Stat . Con- struction , § 371 . There was no duty on the railroad company to equip its engines with automatic couplers under the common ...
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... liable to a penalty of one hun- dred dollars for each and every such violation , to be recovered in a suit or suits to be brought by the United States district attorney in the District Court of the United States having jurisdiction in ...
... liable to a penalty of one hun- dred dollars for each and every such violation , to be recovered in a suit or suits to be brought by the United States district attorney in the District Court of the United States having jurisdiction in ...
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... liabilities , or requirements " of the act of 1893 , all of which should apply except as specifically amended . As we have no doubt of the meaning of the prior law , the subsequent legislation cannot be regarded as intended to oper- ate ...
... liabilities , or requirements " of the act of 1893 , all of which should apply except as specifically amended . As we have no doubt of the meaning of the prior law , the subsequent legislation cannot be regarded as intended to oper- ate ...
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... liable to receive injuries by being knocked off the side or top of cars , unless you use due care to avoid injury thereby ? ' " Answer . ' Yes . ' " " Question . Do you agree to acquaint yourself with the location of all overhead and ...
... liable to receive injuries by being knocked off the side or top of cars , unless you use due care to avoid injury thereby ? ' " Answer . ' Yes . ' " " Question . Do you agree to acquaint yourself with the location of all overhead and ...
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Page 117 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 4 - January, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, it shall be unlawful for any such common carrier to haul or permit to be hauled or used on its line any car used in moving interstate traffic not equipped with couplers coupling automatically by impact, and which can be uncoupled without the necessity of men going between the ends of the cars.
Page 427 - Any person who shall be injured in his business or property by any other person or corporation by reason of anything forbidden or declared to be unlawful by this act...
Page 79 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the constitution, treaties or laws of the United States...
Page 336 - All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration and purchase, and the lands in which they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United States...
Page 9 - An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes, and for other purposes...
Page 240 - States are plaintiffs or petitioners, or in which there shall be a controversy between citizens of different States...
Page 437 - ... and each of the said district courts shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction, in all cases arising under the constitution and laws of the United States...
Page 345 - ... no location of a mining claim shall be made until the discovery of the vein or lode within the limits of the claim located.
Page 94 - Writs of error and appeals from the final decisions of said supreme court, shall be allowed, and may be taken to the supreme court of the United States, in the same manner and under the same regulations as from the circuit courts of the United States...