The American and English Encyclopedia of Law, Volume 8John Houston Merrill, Thomas Johnson Michie, Charles Frederic Williams, David Shephard Garland E. Thompson, 1889 - Law |
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... defendant's railway , and the evidence may be wholly circumstantial , as , first , that it was possible for fire to reach the plaintiff's property from the defendant's engines ; and , second , facts tending to show that it probably ...
... defendant's railway , and the evidence may be wholly circumstantial , as , first , that it was possible for fire to reach the plaintiff's property from the defendant's engines ; and , second , facts tending to show that it probably ...
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... defendant's track , or had been dropped from its engines at or near the place where the fire was set out . Such proof not only renders it probable that the fire was communicated from the furnace of one of the defendant's engines , but ...
... defendant's track , or had been dropped from its engines at or near the place where the fire was set out . Such proof not only renders it probable that the fire was communicated from the furnace of one of the defendant's engines , but ...
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... defendant's railway , the same proof in many jurisdictions tends to show negligence on. sparks . Cleveland v . Grand Trunk R. Co. , 42 Vt . 449 ; Nashville , etc. , R. Co. v . Tyne ( Tenn . ) , 7 Am . & Eng . R. R. Cas . 515 ; Brighthope ...
... defendant's railway , the same proof in many jurisdictions tends to show negligence on. sparks . Cleveland v . Grand Trunk R. Co. , 42 Vt . 449 ; Nashville , etc. , R. Co. v . Tyne ( Tenn . ) , 7 Am . & Eng . R. R. Cas . 515 ; Brighthope ...
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... defendant's locomotive emitted sparks which com- municated with said wood and destroyed it through the carelessness of the defendant and his agents and employees without the fault of the plaintiff . " This was held sufficient after ...
... defendant's locomotive emitted sparks which com- municated with said wood and destroyed it through the carelessness of the defendant and his agents and employees without the fault of the plaintiff . " This was held sufficient after ...
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... defendant had used reasonable care in examining and seeing to the security of the gutters and the box . In an action by the plaintiffs against the defendant for the damages caused , held , that the defendant was not liable , either on ...
... defendant had used reasonable care in examining and seeing to the security of the gutters and the box . In an action by the plaintiffs against the defendant for the damages caused , held , that the defendant was not liable , either on ...
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