 | United States. Supreme Court - 1853 - 672 sidor
...and diligence. And whether the consideration for such transportation be pecuniary or otherwise, fhe personal safety of the passengers should not be left...such cases, may well deserve the epithet of " gross." In this view of. the case, also, we think there was no error in the first instruction. 2. The second... | |
 | Conway Robinson - 1855 - 884 sidor
...States, Mr. Justice Grier has said that " where carriers undertake to convey persons by the powerful but dangerous agency of steam, public policy and safety...such cases may well deserve the epithet of gross." Philn. Sf Reading Co. v. Derby, 14 How. 486. The court has reaffirmed the same doctrine in an opinion... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - 1855 - 1120 sidor
...persons by the powerful ami dangerous agency of steam, public policy and safety require that they should be held to the greatest possible care and diligence,...such cases, may well deserve the epithet of "gross." Philadelphia & Reading R. It. Co. ». Derby, 14 Howard, (US) 4S!>. See Boyce ». Anderson, 2 Peters,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1855 - 702 sidor
...whether the consideration for such transportation be pecuniary or otherwise, the personal safety of passengers should not be left to the sport of chance...such cases, may well deserve the epithet of gross." We desire to be understood to reaffirm. that doctrine, as resting, not only on public policy, but on... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1856 - 728 sidor
...steam, public policy and safety require that they_be held to the greatest possible care and diligence. The personal safety of the passengers should not be...negligence in such cases, may well deserve the epithet of "gross.'?a] 1 Aston v. Heaven, 2 Esp. R. 533 ; Christie v. Griggs, 2 Camp. R. 79 ; White v. Boulton,... | |
 | William Wetmore Story - 1856 - 848 sidor
...OF PASSENGERS. 237 all the subsidiary arrangements necessary to the safety of passengers; 1 and that any negligence in such cases may well deserve the epithet of gross. 2 Racing would, in itself, constitute such negligence as to rende* the carrier responsible in case... | |
 | Alfred Conkling - 1857 - 502 sidor
...transportation be pecuniary or otherwise, the personal safety of the passengers should not be Ifeft to the sport of chance or the negligence of careless...such cases, may well deserve the epithet of gross." The only remaining inquiry, then, was whether the defendants were chargeable with negligence at c"rl"... | |
 | Theophilus Parsons - 1857 - 936 sidor
...transportation be pecuniary or otherwise, the personal safety of the passengers should not lie Isft to tlic sport of chance or the negligence of careless agents....such cases may well deserve the epithet of ' gross.' " And the doctrine laid down in that case was reaffirmed as not only resting on public policy, but... | |
 | Alexander Ralston Tiffany - 1859 - 656 sidor
...require that they be held to the greatest possible care and diligence, and whether the consideration of such transportation be pecuniary or otherwise, the...cases may well deserve the epithet of " ' gross.' " Railroad companies are not to be distinguished from stage coach proprietors in the degree of diligence... | |
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When carriers undertake to convey persons by the powerful but dangerous agency of steam, public policy and safety require that they be held to the greatest possible care and diligence. And whether the consideration for such transportation be pecuniary... 
