Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Second Circuit, Volume 17 |
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Page 88
... schooner sailing in the night , in a fog , in a common thoroughfare of ap- proaching steam vessels , and heading on a course crossing their regular tracks , and hearing fog signals from them from various directions , was held in fault ...
... schooner sailing in the night , in a fog , in a common thoroughfare of ap- proaching steam vessels , and heading on a course crossing their regular tracks , and hearing fog signals from them from various directions , was held in fault ...
Page 89
... schooner Transit , and the other by the owners of her cargo , to recover for the loss of the schooner and her cargo by a collision between the schooner and the steamship . The District Court held that both vessels were in fault , and ...
... schooner Transit , and the other by the owners of her cargo , to recover for the loss of the schooner and her cargo by a collision between the schooner and the steamship . The District Court held that both vessels were in fault , and ...
Page 90
... schooner that was aft of the line of the blow . The libels allege that those on the steamer were either negligent in not discovering the schooner in time to avoid the collision , or , seeing the schooner and her lights , or , hearing ...
... schooner that was aft of the line of the blow . The libels allege that those on the steamer were either negligent in not discovering the schooner in time to avoid the collision , or , seeing the schooner and her lights , or , hearing ...
Page 91
... schooner not been guilty of the other negligent acts above - mentioned , the collision could have been avoided . The fog was very dense . The steamer , when the fog came on , reduced her speed to the rate of between 5 and 6 miles an ...
... schooner not been guilty of the other negligent acts above - mentioned , the collision could have been avoided . The fog was very dense . The steamer , when the fog came on , reduced her speed to the rate of between 5 and 6 miles an ...
Page 92
... schooner would tend to intercept the sound from being heard by a vessel approaching the starboard side of the schooner , nearly at right angles . The moment the whistle of the steamer was heard on board of the schooner , the fog horn of ...
... schooner would tend to intercept the sound from being heard by a vessel approaching the starboard side of the schooner , nearly at right angles . The moment the whistle of the steamer was heard on board of the schooner , the fog horn of ...
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Page 111 - ... so constructed as to show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the ship, namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beam...
Page 302 - The several courts vested with jurisdiction of cases arising under the patent laws shall have power to grant injunctions according to the course and principles of courts of equity, to prevent the violation of any right secured by patent, on such terms as the court may deem reasonable...
Page 261 - The shareholders of every Federal reserve bank shall be held individually responsible, equally and ratably, and not one for another...
Page 316 - ... in the absence of fraud and in the absence of protest by the owner, importer, agent, or consignee, be final and conclusive upon all parties.
Page 304 - ... having been patented in a foreign country more than six months prior to his application: Provided , That the same shall not have been introduced into public and common use in the United States prior to the application for such patent: And provided, also, That in all cases every such patent shall be limited to the term of fourteen years from the date or publication of such foreign letters patent.
Page 261 - That the president and cashier of every such association shall cause to be kept at all times a full and correct list of the names and residences of all the shareholders in the association, and the number of shares held by each, in the office where its business is transacted...
Page 390 - In all cases where the rules prescribed by this court or by the circuit court do not apply, the practice of the circuit court shall be regulated by the present practice of the high court of chancery in England, so far as the same may reasonably be applied consistently with the local circumstances and local conveniences of the district where the court is held, not as positive rules, but as furnishing just analogies to regulate the practice.
Page 150 - To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention...
Page 260 - Every person becoming a shareholder by such transfer shall, in proportion to his shares, succeed to all the rights and liabilities of the prior holder of such shares ; and no change shall be made in the articles of association...
Page 288 - March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty (at 12 o'clock at noon), the said loss or damage to be estimated according to the true and actual cash value of the said property at the time the same shall happen...