She was bound to listen and to look before attempting to cross the railroad track, in order to avoid an approaching train, and not to walk carelessly into the place of possible danger. Had she used her senses, she could not have failed both to hear and... The Federal Reporter - 74. lappuse1904Pilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
| Abraham Clark Freeman - 1890 - 1052 lapas
...she used her senses, she could not have failed both to hear and see the train which was coming. If she omitted to use them, and walked thoughtlessly...to deprive her of any right to complain of others": Railroad Co. v. Houston, 95 US 697. "A railroad crossing is a place of danger, nnd common prudence... | |
| District of Columbia. Supreme Court (1863-1936), Franklin Hubbell Mackey - 1891 - 652 lapas
...Had she used her senses, she could not have failed to hear and to see the train which was coming. If she omitted to use them and walked thoughtlessly upon...to deprive her of any right to complain of others. * * * No railroad company can be held for a failure of experiments of that kind. If one chooses in... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1891 - 780 lapas
...see the train which was coming. If she DELAWARE &c. RAILROAD v. CONVERSE. 475 Opinion of the Court. omitted to use them, and walked thoughtlessly upon...to deprive her of any right to complain of others." Again in Kane v. Northern. Central Railway Co., 128 US 91, 94, — which was an action by an employe... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1891 - 860 lapas
...could not have failed both to hear and to see the train which was coming. If she Opinion of the Court. omitted to use them, and walked thoughtlessly upon...to deprive her of any right to complain of others." Again in Kane v. Northern Central Railway Co., 128 US 91, 94, — which was an action by an employfe... | |
| 1892 - 1166 lapas
...upon the track, «he was guilty of culpable négligence, and so far contributed to her injuries au to deprive her of any right to complain of others....the Consequences of her mistake and temerity cannot be caat upon the defendant." The fact, not before mentioned, that the decease«! was blind in her right... | |
| Illinois. Appellate Court, Edwin Burritt Smith, Martin L. Newell - 1894 - 720 lapas
...to redress. In the case of Railroad Co. v. Huston, 95 US 687, it is said : " If, using her senses, she saw the train coming, and yet undertook to cross the track, instead of waiting for the train to pass, the consequences of her mistake and temerity can not be cast upon the defendant." The judgment... | |
| 1897 - 830 lapas
...she used her senses, she could not have failed both to hear and to see the train which was coming. If she omitted to use them, and walked thoughtlessly...cross the track, instead of waiting for the train to pass, and was injured, the consequences of her mistake and temerity cannot be cast upon the defendant.... | |
| Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1895 - 1080 lapas
...hear and to see the train which was coming. If she omitted to use them, and walked thoughtlessly on the track, she was guilty of culpable negligence,...cross the track, instead of waiting for the train to pass, and was injured, the consequences of her mistake and temerity cannot be cast upon the defendant.... | |
| 1896 - 1258 lapas
...she used her senses, she could not have failed both to hear and to see the train which was coming. If she omitted to use them, and walked thoughtlessly...complain of others. If, using them, she saw the train was coming, and yet undertook to cross the track, instead of waiting for the train to pass, and was... | |
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