The Southern Reporter, Volym 25West Publishing Company, 1899 |
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Sida 341 - ... the fact that the employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee...
Sida 233 - It is agreed between the sender of the following message and this company that said company shall not be liable for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery or non-delivery of any unrepeated message, whether happening by negligence of its servants or otherwise, beyond the amount received for sending the same...
Sida 84 - the existence of such facts and circumstances as would excite the belief, in a reasonable mind, acting on the facts within the knowledge of the prosecutor, that the person charged was guilty of the crime for which he was prosecuted.
Sida 35 - ... 1. By reason of any defect in the condition of the ways, works, machinery, or plant, connected with or used in the business of the employer which arose from or had not been discovered or remedied owing to the negligence of the employer or of any person in the service of the employer and intrusted by him with the duty of seeing that the ways, works, machinery, or plant, were in proper condition; 2.
Sida 327 - An auctioneer in any county, other than New York or Kings, shall not, without a previous agreement in writing, with the owner or consignee of the goods sold, demand or receive, a greater compensation for his services than a commission of two and one-half per centum on the amount of any sale, public or private, made by him.
Sida 130 - ... yet held that it was powerless to interpose, because the defendant, as a carrier, was under no obligation, at common law, to provide warehouses for freight offered, or station houses for passengers waiting transportation, and no such duty was imposed by the statutes authorizing companies to construct and maintain railroads " for public use in the conveyance of persons and property...
Sida 155 - ... are in derogation of the common law and must be strictly construed...
Sida 253 - The Jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, assessing his damages at $7,000. Thereupon the defendant moved the court to set aside the verdict of the Jury, upon the ground, among others, that the verdict was excessive and contrary to the 'evidence.
Sida 7 - ... portion of the charge in reference to the preliminary proofs having been made in this action. (10) Also to the refusal of the court to charge the requests presented by the defendant in this case, numbered 1 to 15. (11) Also to the entire charge as given.
Sida 343 - The next section provides that " no person shall recover damages from a railroad company for injury to himself or his property, where the same is done by his consent, or is caused by his own negligence; if the complainant and the agents of the company are• both at fault, the former may recover, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of default attributable to him.