The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General Interest Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States with Notes and References, Volume 2Bancroft-Whitney, 1871 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... trial . We cannot , therefore , consider the question whether the verdict is against evi- dence , the defendants not having seen fit to present it . The excep- tions taken at the trial only are before us . The plaintiff was a passenger ...
... trial . We cannot , therefore , consider the question whether the verdict is against evi- dence , the defendants not having seen fit to present it . The excep- tions taken at the trial only are before us . The plaintiff was a passenger ...
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... trial , but that cannot avail the defendants in the present case . However stringent they may be , we cannot give effect to them unless they are offered in evidence . If reliance was placed upon them , they should have been introduced ...
... trial , but that cannot avail the defendants in the present case . However stringent they may be , we cannot give effect to them unless they are offered in evidence . If reliance was placed upon them , they should have been introduced ...
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... trial charged , in substance , that if the facts sworn to by plaintiff were found to be true , the defend- ant was liable , and that it was a proper case for punitive or exem- plary damages . The jury returned a verdict of $ 4,850 . The ...
... trial charged , in substance , that if the facts sworn to by plaintiff were found to be true , the defend- ant was liable , and that it was a proper case for punitive or exem- plary damages . The jury returned a verdict of $ 4,850 . The ...
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... trial , but was not called as a witness , and no attempt was made to justify or excuse his conduct . Upon this evidence the defendants contend that they are not liable , because , as they say , the brakeman's assault upon the plain ...
... trial , but was not called as a witness , and no attempt was made to justify or excuse his conduct . Upon this evidence the defendants contend that they are not liable , because , as they say , the brakeman's assault upon the plain ...
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... trial by jury itself ; and is not , as many seem to sup- pose , an innovation upon the rules of the common law . It was settled in England more than a century ago . In 1763 , Lord Chief Justice PRATT ( afterward Earl of Camden ) , with ...
... trial by jury itself ; and is not , as many seem to sup- pose , an innovation upon the rules of the common law . It was settled in England more than a century ago . In 1763 , Lord Chief Justice PRATT ( afterward Earl of Camden ) , with ...
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