Negligence of Imposed Duties, Carriers of Passengers |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 80
Page viii
... Condition of Exemption from Liability for Negligence . Sec . 81. Free Transportation will not Sustain Contract Excusing Negligence . CHAPTER XV . - 283-295 . VESSEL CARRYING PASSENGERS - LIMITED LIABILITY . Sec . 85. Duty of Master of ...
... Condition of Exemption from Liability for Negligence . Sec . 81. Free Transportation will not Sustain Contract Excusing Negligence . CHAPTER XV . - 283-295 . VESSEL CARRYING PASSENGERS - LIMITED LIABILITY . Sec . 85. Duty of Master of ...
Page x
... Condition and Limitation on Ticket . Sec . 146. Limit of Time in Ticket . Sec . 147. Round Trip Ticket . Sec . 148. Through Tickets over Connecting Roads . CHAPTER XXVI . - 531-550 . SUNDAY TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC OVER OTHER ROADS . Sec ...
... Condition and Limitation on Ticket . Sec . 146. Limit of Time in Ticket . Sec . 147. Round Trip Ticket . Sec . 148. Through Tickets over Connecting Roads . CHAPTER XXVI . - 531-550 . SUNDAY TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC OVER OTHER ROADS . Sec ...
Page 28
... condition . But the evidence also tended to prove that there was an internal defect or flaw in the iron of the axletree , at the place where it fractured , about three eights of an inch in length , and large enough to insert the point ...
... condition . But the evidence also tended to prove that there was an internal defect or flaw in the iron of the axletree , at the place where it fractured , about three eights of an inch in length , and large enough to insert the point ...
Page 29
... condition ; and if they took such care , and the accident happened without any fault or negligence on their part , but by reason of a defect which they could not discover , then the verdict should be for them ; and that the plaintiff ...
... condition ; and if they took such care , and the accident happened without any fault or negligence on their part , but by reason of a defect which they could not discover , then the verdict should be for them ; and that the plaintiff ...
Page 30
... Condition of Track and Street Cars . Street railway companies are held to the exercise of the same care , diligence and foresight , measured by the danger incurred , for the safety of passengers , as steam railroad companies . ' A ...
... Condition of Track and Street Cars . Street railway companies are held to the exercise of the same care , diligence and foresight , measured by the danger incurred , for the safety of passengers , as steam railroad companies . ' A ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accident agent alight baggage Baltimore & O. R. Barb Boston & M. R. carriage carried carrier of passengers caused charge Chicago & N. W. R. circumstances City commerce common carrier common law company is liable conductor Conn contract contributory negligence danger death deceased defect defendant defendant's depot driver duty ejected elevator employés entitled evidence Exch exercise fact fare freight train Grand Trunk Hannibal & St held Inters Iowa Jeffersonville jury Kansas Louisville & N. R. Mass Minn Missouri Pac N. W. R. Co Ohio St P. R. Co Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Co plaintiff platform railroad railroad company railway company reasonable received recovery refusal regulations road rule safe senger servants Shore & M. S. R. sleeping car station statute stop street car Terre Haute ticket tion track transportation traveling West York Cent
Popular passages
Page 476 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence and affect the community at large. When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created.
Page 621 - Be it therefore enacted, that whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, then and in every such case the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although the death shall have been...
Page 294 - ... the amount or value of the interest of such owner in such vessel and her freight then pending.
Page 660 - ... in every such action the jury may give such damages as they shall deem a fair and just compensation with reference to the pecuniary injuries, resulting from such death, to the wife and next of kin of such deceased person...
Page 712 - No right is held more sacred, or is more carefully guarded, by the common law, than the right of every individual to the possession and control of his own person, free from all restraint or interference of others, unless by clear and unquestionable authority of law. As well said by Judge Cooley: "The right to one's person may be said to be a right of complete immunity; to be let alone.
Page 601 - States may be sued in respect of any act or transaction of his in carrying on the business connected with such property, without the previous leave of the court in which such receiver or manager was appointed...
Page 440 - Rights of property, like all other social and conventional rights, are subject to such reasonable limitations in their enjoyment as shall prevent them from being injurious, and to such reasonable restraints and regulations established by law as the legislature, under the governing and controlling power vested in them by the constitution, may think necessary and expedient.
Page 466 - When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created. He may withdraw his grant by discontinuing the use; but, so long as he maintains the use, he must submit to the control.
Page 621 - That every such Action shall be for the Benefit of the Wife, Husband, Parent, and Child of the Person whose Death shall have been so caused...
Page 666 - Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do.