Blashfield's Instructions to Juries, Civil and Criminal Cases (Volume 2); Including Trial Practice Relating to Instructions and Forms of Approved Inst (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1916 Excerpt: ... c. Platforms And Depots. 1500. Platforms--In general. 1501.--Arkansas. The defendant is bound to provide safe and sufficient platforms for the landing of passengers, of sufficient length to afford safe egress to passengers from an ordinary train.21 1502.--Wisconsin. The court instructs the jury that it is claimed on the part of the plaintiffs, that the defendant was negligent in not having a reasonably safe platform, in not having the platform sufficiently lighted, and in not having some person stationed at the point where this accident occurred, to warn persons and prevent their walking off the platform. The court instructs the jury that it will be the duty of the jury to determine, from all the testimony in the case, whether the defendant was negligent in these respects or either of them. It is the duty of the defendant to have its platform reasonably sufficient and safe in all respects to be used by such persons as may have lawful occasion to use it. It is not necessary that it should be perfectly and absolutely safe; so great a degree of perfection is usually impracticable. But it must be reasonably safe and sufficient for all persons using it, who are themselves in the exercise of ordinary and reasonable care. The court instructs the jury that if a barrier or guard is reasonably necessary to prevent persons, who are themselves in the exercise of ordinary and reasonable care, from falling from the platform to their injury, then a barrier should be placed upon it, or a guard should be placed to warn people of danger. Such lights as are necessary to render the use of the platform and the passage over it to the cars reasonably safe, should be upon the platform at the time of the arrival of trains, and during the time the train remains at ...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1916 Excerpt: ... c. Platforms And Depots. 1500. Platforms--In general. 1501.--Arkansas. The defendant is bound to provide safe and sufficient platforms for the landing of passengers, of sufficient length to afford safe egress to passengers from an ordinary train.21 1502.--Wisconsin. The court instructs the jury that it is claimed on the part of the plaintiffs, that the defendant was negligent in not having a reasonably safe platform, in not having the platform sufficiently lighted, and in not having some person stationed at the point where this accident occurred, to warn persons and prevent their walking off the platform. The court instructs the jury that it will be the duty of the jury to determine, from all the testimony in the case, whether the defendant was negligent in these respects or either of them. It is the duty of the defendant to have its platform reasonably sufficient and safe in all respects to be used by such persons as may have lawful occasion to use it. It is not necessary that it should be perfectly and absolutely safe; so great a degree of perfection is usually impracticable. But it must be reasonably safe and sufficient for all persons using it, who are themselves in the exercise of ordinary and reasonable care. The court instructs the jury that if a barrier or guard is reasonably necessary to prevent persons, who are themselves in the exercise of ordinary and reasonable care, from falling from the platform to their injury, then a barrier should be placed upon it, or a guard should be placed to warn people of danger. Such lights as are necessary to render the use of the platform and the passage over it to the cars reasonably safe, should be upon the platform at the time of the arrival of trains, and during the time the train remains at ...

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General Books LLC

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United States

Release date

February 2012

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First published

February 2012

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246 x 189 x 26mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

Pages

508

ISBN-13

978-1-235-76371-7

Barcode

9781235763717

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1-235-76371-4



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