The New York Supplement, Volume 159West Publishing Company, 1916 - Law reports, digests, etc "Cases argued and determined in the Court of Appeals, Supreme and lower courts of record of New York State, with key number annotations." (varies) |
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... jury , defendant presented three requests to charge , each one of which was correct , but all of which were declined ... jury find that the damage was due to the improper packing by the shipper , the defendant is not liable , " and the ...
... jury , defendant presented three requests to charge , each one of which was correct , but all of which were declined ... jury find that the damage was due to the improper packing by the shipper , the defendant is not liable , " and the ...
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... jury . The plaintiff is a sister of the defendants ' testator , who died in De- cember , 1914. Her contention is that on August 1 , 1911 , she was the owner of certificates Nos . 460 and 461 of the stock of said company , and that on ...
... jury . The plaintiff is a sister of the defendants ' testator , who died in De- cember , 1914. Her contention is that on August 1 , 1911 , she was the owner of certificates Nos . 460 and 461 of the stock of said company , and that on ...
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... JURY . The fact that , under an oral agreement whereby defendant engaged plaintiff for a year from the day of their conversation , plaintiff did not begin to work until the following day , did not bring the contract within the statute ...
... JURY . The fact that , under an oral agreement whereby defendant engaged plaintiff for a year from the day of their conversation , plaintiff did not begin to work until the following day , did not bring the contract within the statute ...
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... jury for their determination . " ' This case comes within the principle laid down in the Epstein Case , and the dismissal of the complaint was error . Judgment reversed , and new trial ordered , with costs to appellant to abide the ...
... jury for their determination . " ' This case comes within the principle laid down in the Epstein Case , and the dismissal of the complaint was error . Judgment reversed , and new trial ordered , with costs to appellant to abide the ...
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... jury will be altogether different , and must be regarded from an altogether different standpoint . If this was a scaffold the safety whereof was substantially insured by the master by its very construction , there was little left for the ...
... jury will be altogether different , and must be regarded from an altogether different standpoint . If this was a scaffold the safety whereof was substantially insured by the master by its very construction , there was little left for the ...
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Page 161 - There must be reasonable evidence of negligence. But where the thing is shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants and the accident is such as in the ordinary course of things does not happen if those who have the management use proper care, it affords reasonable evidence in the absence of explanation by the defendant that the accident arose from want of care.
Page 9 - Part further covenants and agrees to merchandise such wheat in foreign ports , it being understood and agreed between the Party of the First Part and the Party of the Second Part...
Page 456 - ... whether made upon or shown by the books of the corporation, or by any assignment in blank, or by any delivery, or by any paper or agreement or memorandum or other evidence of transfer or sale...
Page 495 - ... all the estate, right, title, interest, property, possession, claim and demand whatsoever, as well in law as in equity, of the said party of the first part, of, in, and to the same, and every part and parcel thereof, with the appurtenances.
Page 281 - In any matter relating to this insurance, no person, unless duly authorized in writing, shall be deemed the agent of this company.
Page 452 - This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff through the negligence of the defendant in the operation of...
Page 276 - Employer's liability for injuries. When personal injury is caused to an employee who is himself in the exercise of due care and diligence at the time: 1. By reason of any defect in the condition of the ways, works, machinery, or plant, connected with or used in the business of the employer...
Page 618 - The value of every future or limited estate, income, interest or annuity dependent upon any life or lives in being, shall be determined by the rule, method and standard of mortality and value employed by the superintendent of insurance in ascertaining the value of policies of life insurance and annuities for the determination of liabilities of life insurance companies, except that the rate of interest for making such computation shall be five per centum per annum.
Page 432 - ... to provide that the right of such compensation, and the remedy therefor shall be exclusive of all other rights and remedies for injuries to employees or for death resulting from such injuries...
Page 276 - ... the workman, or in case the injury results in death, the legal personal representatives of the workman, and any persons entitled in case of death, shall have the same right of compensation and remedies against the employer as if the workman had not been a workman of nor in the service of the employer, nor engaged in his work.