Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan, Volume 185Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, James M. Reasoner, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, Richard W. Cooper Phelphs & Stevens, printers, 1916 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... jury , wherein either party has requested the Court for a directed verdict in its favor and the Court has reserved decision thereon , submitting the case to the jury and recording its verdict as rendered under the provisions of Act 217 ...
... jury , wherein either party has requested the Court for a directed verdict in its favor and the Court has reserved decision thereon , submitting the case to the jury and recording its verdict as rendered under the provisions of Act 217 ...
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... jury that plaintiff did not assume the risk of the danger unless he knew or ought to have known of the precise physical conditions from which the resulting injury might be ex- pected to occur . 4. SAME CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE . Where ...
... jury that plaintiff did not assume the risk of the danger unless he knew or ought to have known of the precise physical conditions from which the resulting injury might be ex- pected to occur . 4. SAME CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE . Where ...
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... jury upon the subject of as- sumed risk in part as follows : " I charge you that the plaintiff , in entering the employ of the defendant and engaging in the work of sinking said shaft , voluntarily assumed all the obvious risks and ...
... jury upon the subject of as- sumed risk in part as follows : " I charge you that the plaintiff , in entering the employ of the defendant and engaging in the work of sinking said shaft , voluntarily assumed all the obvious risks and ...
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... jury . The doctrine of assumed risk has been frequently be- fore this court . Two of the leading cases are Brad- burn v . Railroad Co. , 134 Mich . 575 ( 96 N. W. 929 ) , and De Kallands v . Telephone Co. , 153 Mich . 25 ( 116 N. W. 564 ...
... jury . The doctrine of assumed risk has been frequently be- fore this court . Two of the leading cases are Brad- burn v . Railroad Co. , 134 Mich . 575 ( 96 N. W. 929 ) , and De Kallands v . Telephone Co. , 153 Mich . 25 ( 116 N. W. 564 ...
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... jury to say whether in climbing the shaft plaintiff did what a reasonably prudent man would do . We think there is force in this contention . It is said the court committed error in his charge in relation to the measure of damages ...
... jury to say whether in climbing the shaft plaintiff did what a reasonably prudent man would do . We think there is force in this contention . It is said the court committed error in his charge in relation to the measure of damages ...
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Page 442 - ... resulting in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or employees of such carrier, or by reason of any defect or insufficiency, due to its negligence in its cars, engines, appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, works, boats, wharves or other equipment.
Page 570 - That it is complete and regular upon its face; 2. That he became the holder of it before it was overdue, and without notice that it had been previously dishonored, if such was the fact; 3. That he took it in good faith and for value; 4. That at the time it was negotiated to him he had no notice of any infirmity in the instrument or defect in the title of the person negotiating it.
Page 103 - Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said John Alden, 2nd, as and for his last will and testament, in the presence of us, who, at his request, and in his presence, and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses the day and year above written.
Page 570 - The title of a person who negotiates an instrument is defective within the meaning of this act when he obtained the instrument, or any signature thereto, by fraud, duress, or force and fear, or other unlawful means, or for an illegal consideration, or when he negotiates it in breach of faith, or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud.
Page 648 - ... arising out of and in the course of his employment," within the meaning of the workmen's compensation law.
Page 324 - No law shall embrace more than one object, which shall be expressed in its title...
Page 322 - The right of trial by jury shall remain, but shall be deemed to be waived in all civil cases, unless demanded by one of the parties in such manner as shall be prescribed by law.
Page 448 - ... shall not be held to have assumed the risks of his employment in any case where the violation by such common carrier of any .statute enacted for the safety of employees contributed to the injury or death of such employee.
Page 570 - In particular the title of a person who negotiates a bill is defective within the meaning of this Act when he obtained the bill, or the acceptance thereof, by fraud, duress, or force and fear, or other unlawful means, or for an illegal consideration, or when he negotiates it in breach of faith, or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud.
Page 491 - What is a reasonable time is a question of fact for the court before which it is brought for decision.