Lawyers' Reports Annotated, Book 47Lawyers' Co-operative Publishing Company, 1914 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... Constitution , in that it im- posed a liability , as against all common carriers engaged in interstate commerce , in ... constitutional . Second Employers ' Liability Cases ( Mon- dou v . New York , N. H. & H. R. Co. ) 223 U. S. 1 , 56 L ...
... Constitution , in that it im- posed a liability , as against all common carriers engaged in interstate commerce , in ... constitutional . Second Employers ' Liability Cases ( Mon- dou v . New York , N. H. & H. R. Co. ) 223 U. S. 1 , 56 L ...
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... constitutional power when it passed the amendment . While § 2 of article 3 of the Constitution declares that the judicial power shall ex- tend to all cases arising under that instru- ment and the laws of the United States , as also ...
... constitutional power when it passed the amendment . While § 2 of article 3 of the Constitution declares that the judicial power shall ex- tend to all cases arising under that instru- ment and the laws of the United States , as also ...
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... Constitution and the laws of the courts as well ; concurrent jurisdiction to United States , which shall be made in pur- that end being conferred by the judiciary suance thereof , shall be the su- act of August 13 , 1888 ( chapter 866 ...
... Constitution and the laws of the courts as well ; concurrent jurisdiction to United States , which shall be made in pur- that end being conferred by the judiciary suance thereof , shall be the su- act of August 13 , 1888 ( chapter 866 ...
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... Constitution sheds upon them ; it overlooks in the following section , the actual con- the significance of the enumeration of the clusion arrived at in this case is no longer kinds of commerce clearly within the na- of any practical ...
... Constitution sheds upon them ; it overlooks in the following section , the actual con- the significance of the enumeration of the clusion arrived at in this case is no longer kinds of commerce clearly within the na- of any practical ...
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... Constitution . 7 As is shown in note 1 , supra , although the Su- preme Court was not required to pass di- rectly ... constitutional as applied to actions based on injuries occur- ring in the Indian territory . Missouri , K. & T. R. Co ...
... Constitution . 7 As is shown in note 1 , supra , although the Su- preme Court was not required to pass di- rectly ... constitutional as applied to actions based on injuries occur- ring in the Indian territory . Missouri , K. & T. R. Co ...
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Page 99 - Act to recover damages for personal injuries to an employee, or where such injuries have resulted in his death, 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...
Page 43 - A person has no property, no vested interest, in any rule of the common law. That is only one of the forms of municipal law, and is no more sacred than any other. Rights of property, which have been created by the common law, cannot be taken away without due process ; but the law itself, as a rule of conduct, may be changed at the will or even at the whim of the Legislature, unless prevented by constitutional limitations. Indeed, the great office of statutes is to remedy defects in the common law...
Page 5 - Columbia and any of the states or territories and any foreign nation or nations shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed by such carrier in such commerce, or in case of the death of such employee to his or her personal representative...
Page 479 - And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: but I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
Page 199 - A person, with whom or in whose name, a contract is made for the benefit of another, is a trustee of an express trust, within the meaning of this section.
Page 33 - ... 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 77 - That in actions by or against executors, administrators or guardians, in which judgment may be rendered for or against them, neither party shall be allowed to testify against the other, as to any transaction with, or statement by, the testator, intestate or ward, unless called to testify thereto by the opposite party, or required to testify thereto by the court.
Page 34 - If any one proposition could command the universal assent of mankind, we might expect it would be this — that the government of the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action.
Page 22 - The jurisdiction of the courts of the United States under this Act shall be concurrent with that of the courts of the several States, and no case arising under this Act and brought in any state court of competent jurisdiction shall be removed to any court of the United States.
Page 99 - ... any defect or insufficiency due to its negligence in its cars, engines, appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, ways, or works.