Atlantic Reporter, Volume 113West Publishing Company, 1921 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... track and fell upon the premises of the defendant and against her dwelling house , producing mental and physical pain and suffering and perma- nent disability , but unaccompanied by any injury to the person , afforded no ground for ...
... track and fell upon the premises of the defendant and against her dwelling house , producing mental and physical pain and suffering and perma- nent disability , but unaccompanied by any injury to the person , afforded no ground for ...
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... tracks on the bridge , slight as- sistance promptly given would have averted the accident . The testimony of Harry F. Blanchard shows that the firm had owned the truck for about four years ; that he had driven the truck first owned by ...
... tracks on the bridge , slight as- sistance promptly given would have averted the accident . The testimony of Harry F. Blanchard shows that the firm had owned the truck for about four years ; that he had driven the truck first owned by ...
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... track cross- ing Pleasant street , Rockland , at grade . On August 29 , 1916 , an automobile in which the plaintiff was riding as a passenger was , up- on this crossing , struck by the defendant's locomotive . The injuries were thus ...
... track cross- ing Pleasant street , Rockland , at grade . On August 29 , 1916 , an automobile in which the plaintiff was riding as a passenger was , up- on this crossing , struck by the defendant's locomotive . The injuries were thus ...
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... track was a little over 1,900 feet , and the time occupied for it to make its trip upgrade and downgrade and around the curves was a minute and a half , which will give some idea of the speed of the car . And in the case of Knottnerus v ...
... track was a little over 1,900 feet , and the time occupied for it to make its trip upgrade and downgrade and around the curves was a minute and a half , which will give some idea of the speed of the car . And in the case of Knottnerus v ...
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... tracks to look and listen for approaching cars held harmless to plaintiff . 4. Appeal and error 1064 ( 4 ) -Form prayer on burden of proof held harmless . of In an action against defendant street rail- road for injuries to plaintiff ...
... tracks to look and listen for approaching cars held harmless to plaintiff . 4. Appeal and error 1064 ( 4 ) -Form prayer on burden of proof held harmless . of In an action against defendant street rail- road for injuries to plaintiff ...
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Page 301 - From the variety of cases relative to judgments being given in evidence in civil suits these two deductions seem to follow as generally true: First, that the judgment of a court of concurrent jurisdiction directly upon the point is as a plea a bar, or as evidence, conclusive between the same parties upon the same matter directly in question in another court...
Page 8 - After the passage of this act all property which shall pass by will or by the intestate laws of this state, from any person who may die seized or possessed of the same while a resident of this state...
Page 112 - Actions at law or suits in equity may be brought by and against such carriers and judgments rendered as now provided by law ; and in any action at law or suit in equity against the carrier, no defense shall be made thereto upon the ground that the carrier is an instrumentality or agency of the federal government.
Page 470 - That for the purpose of the tax the value of the net estate shall be determined — (a) In the case of a resident, by deducting from the value of the gross estate...
Page 317 - Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. Sec. 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Page 126 - Was the employee at the time of the injury, engaged in interstate transportation or in work so closely related to it as to be practically a part of it.
Page 71 - To guard against transgressions of the high powers herein delegated, we declare that everything in this "Bill of Rights" is excepted out of the general powers of government, and shall forever remain inviolate, and all laws contrary thereto, or to the following provisions, shall be void.
Page 166 - All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate I give, devise and bequeath to...
Page 203 - A contract to sell or a sale of any goods or choses in action of the value of five hundred dollars or upwards shall not be enforceable by action unless the buyer shall accept part of the goods or choses in action so contracted to be sold or sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the contract, or in part payment, or unless some note or memorandum in writing of the contract or sale be signed by the party to be charged or his agent in that behalf.
Page 446 - But in all cases there must be a reasonable ground, founded upon the relations of the parties to each other, either pecuniary or of blood or affinity, to expect some benefit or advantage from the continuance of the life of the assured.