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· 11/12/1877

Continental Improvement Co. v. Stead

Citations

  • 95 U.S. 161
  • 24 L. Ed. 403
  • 1877 U.S. LEXIS 2145
  • 5 Otto 161

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • referring to those responsible for “slackening] their speed and sound[ing] the whistle and ringing] the bell” as the “persons in charge of the train”
  • “what is reasonable . . . depends on the context”

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Judges: Bradley

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