Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan, Volume 47Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper Phelphs & Stevens, printers, 1882 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... sufficient to show a cause of action . Before considering the questions presented by the present record , it is necessary to refer a moment to the misappre- hension of the circuit judge concerning the action of this 4 OCTOBER TERM , 1881 .
... sufficient to show a cause of action . Before considering the questions presented by the present record , it is necessary to refer a moment to the misappre- hension of the circuit judge concerning the action of this 4 OCTOBER TERM , 1881 .
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... present record , the question presented is whether there was anything to go to the jury . If there was , then the case should have been submitted . The responsibility of railroads for injuries to persons by trains , can very seldom , if ...
... present record , the question presented is whether there was anything to go to the jury . If there was , then the case should have been submitted . The responsibility of railroads for injuries to persons by trains , can very seldom , if ...
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... present case , it cannot be said as a matter of law that there is any necessary inference of actionable negligence in having no fences , or in running at high speed , or in not having air - brakes , or in the failure to see persons on ...
... present case , it cannot be said as a matter of law that there is any necessary inference of actionable negligence in having no fences , or in running at high speed , or in not having air - brakes , or in the failure to see persons on ...
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... present case . And a similar holding was made in Bridges v . North London Ry . Co. L. R. 7 H. of L. 213. The doctrine is well settled here . The case must be absolutely free from conflict before it can be taken from the jury . In the ...
... present case . And a similar holding was made in Bridges v . North London Ry . Co. L. R. 7 H. of L. 213. The doctrine is well settled here . The case must be absolutely free from conflict before it can be taken from the jury . In the ...
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... present a fair case for the judgment of the trial judge , and in view of the circumstances it would seem to have been proper to have examined Mrs. Passie on the subject . It does not become material , however , to decide whether this ...
... present a fair case for the judgment of the trial judge , and in view of the circumstances it would seem to have been proper to have examined Mrs. Passie on the subject . It does not become material , however , to decide whether this ...
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38 Mich action affirmed with costs agreement alleged allowed appear assignment ASSUMPSIT Bank bill CAMPBELL certiorari charge circuit court claim Comp complainant complainant's contract conveyance COOLEY corporation court of equity damages Decided Jan Decided Oct decree deed Defendant brings error defendant in error defendant's Demmon Detroit dollars East Saginaw ejectment entitled equity evidence execution executors facts favor filed foreclosure fraud given Grand Rapids granted held husband injury interest John Joseph Pardee judgment jury Justices concurred land lease liability mandamus ment mortgage negligence notice objection October 12 October 26 owner paid parties payment Penn person Plaintiff brings error plaintiff in error possession premises proceedings proper purchaser purpose question quitclaim deed railroad reason record recover replevin reversed with costs sold statute Submitted Oct suit supervisors testimony thereof tion trespass trial trover trust wife witness writ
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Page 19 - To deny the injured party the right to recover any actual damages in such cases, because they are of a nature which cannot be thus certainly measured, would be to enable parties to profit by, and speculate upon, their own wrongs, encourage violence, and invite depredation. Such is not, and cannot be the law, though cases may be found where courts have laid down artificial and arbitrary rules which have produced such a result.
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