Canadian Railway and Transport Cases, Količina 28Canada Law Book, 1924 |
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accident action agreement alleged Assistant Chief Commissioner Board of Railway box company branch line British Columbia Canada Canadian National Canadian National Railways Canadian Pacific Railway carrier cents charge claim COMMISSIONER BOYCE commodity rate competition complaint construction contended costs Council Court of Appeal Crown grant damages decision discrimination distance Dominion effect Electric engine entitled Espanola evidence Express Company fact farm crossing filed follows Fort Frances Fort William freight Grand Trunk Grand Trunk Railway haul hearing highway interswitching judgment jurisdiction jury Lachute land liability Lulu Island matter ment mileage miles Montreal negligence newsprint Ontario operation opinion Ottawa owner Pacific Railway Company pany party passenger plaintiff Province Quebec question rail Railway Act Railway Commissioners reasonable referred respect respondent Saskatchewan shew shewn shipments shipper siding spur station statute Street Sturgeon Falls tariff terminal tion tolls Toronto track traffic train trial Judge Vancouver Walkerton Winnipeg
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Stran 239 - ... whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, then and in every such case the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances...
Stran 228 - If in any employment to which this Act applies personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of the employment is caused to a workman, his employer shall, subject as herein-after mentioned, be liable to pay compensation in accordance with the First Schedule to this Act.
Stran 410 - ... under substantially similar circumstances and conditions in the same direction over the same line, is greater for a shorter than for a longer distance, the shorter being included in the longer distance, unless the Board is satisfied that owing to competition, it is expedient to allow such toll.
Stran 141 - That nothing in this Act shall prevent the carriage, storage, or handling of property free or at reduced rates for the United States, State, or municipal governments, or for charitable purposes, or to or from fairs and expositions for exhibition thereat...
Stran 230 - Any right which has been duly acquired under the law of any civilised country is recognised and, in general, enforced by English Courts, and no right which has not been duly acquired is enforced or, in general, recognised by English Courts.
Stran 141 - Dominion, or any provincial or municipal government, or for charitable purposes, or to or from fairs and expositions for exhibition thereat, or the carriage, free or at reduced rates, of destitute or homeless persons, transported by charitable societies, and the necessary agencies employed in such transportation...
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Stran 245 - Law 487, and ever since recognized, that "what is a discharge of a debt in the country where it is contracted is a discharge of it everywhere.
Stran 6 - April, 1919, be appropriated and set apart from the consolidated revenue fund for the purpose of aiding actual construction work for the protection, safety and convenience of the public in respect of highway crossings of railways at rail level, in existence on the 1st day of April, 1909, the said sums to be placed to the credit of a special account to be known as " The Railway Grade Crossing Fund...