Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, Band 101D. Bottom, Superintendent of Public Print., 1904 Some vols. also contain reports of cases in the General Court of Virginia. |
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... negligence , for , under the rules of the company , it was his duty to keep himself advised as to the depot , platform and grounds belonging to the company , and report upon their condition . Upon the whole case , we are of opinion that ...
... negligence , for , under the rules of the company , it was his duty to keep himself advised as to the depot , platform and grounds belonging to the company , and report upon their condition . Upon the whole case , we are of opinion that ...
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... negligence , and hence , on a demurrer to the evidence by the defendant , judgment should have been rendered for the plaintiff . Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Brunswick county , rendered April 17 , 1901 , in an action of ...
... negligence , and hence , on a demurrer to the evidence by the defendant , judgment should have been rendered for the plaintiff . Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Brunswick county , rendered April 17 , 1901 , in an action of ...
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... negligence . For an estoppel to arise from silence , the person upon whom the duty to speak rests must have an opportunity to speak , and knowledge of the circumstances requiring him to speak . In other words , his silence must amount ...
... negligence . For an estoppel to arise from silence , the person upon whom the duty to speak rests must have an opportunity to speak , and knowledge of the circumstances requiring him to speak . In other words , his silence must amount ...
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... Negligence - Stop , Look , and Listen- Case at Bar . - Viewed as upon a demurrer to the evidence , it is established in this case that the train which caused the accident Statement . complained of approached a grade crossing in a 142 ...
... Negligence - Stop , Look , and Listen- Case at Bar . - Viewed as upon a demurrer to the evidence , it is established in this case that the train which caused the accident Statement . complained of approached a grade crossing in a 142 ...
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... negligence , and although the accident might not have happened , if the deceased had stopped or paused , still the failure of deceased to stop , did not , as a matter of law , make a case of contributory negligence so plain as to ...
... negligence , and although the accident might not have happened , if the deceased had stopped or paused , still the failure of deceased to stop , did not , as a matter of law , make a case of contributory negligence so plain as to ...
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Seite 241 - Any agreement, declaration, or course of action on the part of an insurance company, which leads a party insured honestly to believe that by conforming thereto, a forfeiture of his policy will not be incurred, followed by due conformity on his part, will and ought to estop the company from insisting upon the forfeiture, though it might be claimed under the express letter of the contract.
Seite 121 - Where a signature is forged or made without the authority of the person whose signature it purports to be, it is wholly inoperative, and no right to retain the instrument, or to give a discharge therefor, or to enforce payment thereof against any party thereto, can be acquired through or under such signature, unless the party against whom it is sought to enforce such right is precluded from setting up the forgery or want of authority.
Seite 250 - All property shall be taxed according to its value, that value to be ascertained in such manner as the Legislature shall direct, so that taxes shall be equal and uniform throughout the State. No one species of property from which a tax may be collected shall be taxed higher than any other species of property of the same value.
Seite 730 - ... the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title and not upon the weakness of that of the defendant...
Seite 330 - The theory of our governments, State and National, is opposed to the deposit of unlimited power anywhere. The executive, the legislative, and the judicial branches of these governments are all of limited and denned powers.
Seite 571 - When any testator omits to provide in his will for any of his children, or for the issue of any deceased child, unless it appears that such omission was intentional, such child, or the issue of such child, must have the same share in the estate of the testator as if he had died intestate, and succeeds thereto as provided in the preceding section.
Seite 863 - The liberty mentioned in that amendment means not only the right of the citizen to be free from the mere physical restraint of his person, as by incarceration, but the term is deemed to embrace the right of the citizen to be free in the enjoyment of all his faculties ; to be free to use them in all lawful ways ; to live and work where he will ; to earn his livelihood by any lawful calling ; to pursue any livelihood or avocation, and for that purpose to enter into all contracts which may be proper,...
Seite 735 - BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court. The bill in this case was filed in the Circuit Court of the United States...
Seite 148 - as a matter of law" there was no entrapment. Verdict of guilty followed, motions in arrest, and to set aside the verdict as contrary to the law and the evidence, were denied, and defendant was sentenced to imprisonment for eighteen months.
Seite 365 - Negligence is the failure to do what a reasonable and prudent person would ordinarily have done under the circumstances of the situation, or doing what such a person under the existing circumstances would not have done.