Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, Volume 19M. Curlander, 1902 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... further says that he had seen the fish and ice on the floor in the aisle a short time before the plaintiff came in , but he was engaged at the time and did not stop to take them up ; but he picked them up after the accident hap- pened ...
... further says that he had seen the fish and ice on the floor in the aisle a short time before the plaintiff came in , but he was engaged at the time and did not stop to take them up ; but he picked them up after the accident hap- pened ...
Page 20
... further instructed that the mere presence of an obstruction in one of the aisles of the market - house for from ten to twenty minutes does not itself necessarily impute notice to the market company . The law does not require ...
... further instructed that the mere presence of an obstruction in one of the aisles of the market - house for from ten to twenty minutes does not itself necessarily impute notice to the market company . The law does not require ...
Page 21
... further instructed that there is no evidence in this case that said defendant market company had actual notice of the presence of such fish ; and without notice , either imputed or actual , of the presence of such obstruction , the ...
... further instructed that there is no evidence in this case that said defendant market company had actual notice of the presence of such fish ; and without notice , either imputed or actual , of the presence of such obstruction , the ...
Page 32
... further alleged that she needed sleep , particularly in the hours that were ordinarily devoted to such purposes , and that the playing of this game at un- reasonable hours not only deprived her of sleep at that time , but the consequent ...
... further alleged that she needed sleep , particularly in the hours that were ordinarily devoted to such purposes , and that the playing of this game at un- reasonable hours not only deprived her of sleep at that time , but the consequent ...
Page 51
... further , that , from the said pension money , she had saved and invested in real estate securities the sum of two thousand dollars , but that , apart from said funds , she had not sufficient money wherewith to pay the claim of the ...
... further , that , from the said pension money , she had saved and invested in real estate securities the sum of two thousand dollars , but that , apart from said funds , she had not sufficient money wherewith to pay the claim of the ...
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