Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 21; Volume 88W.H. & O.H. Morrison, 1875 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... fact that in the then height of the water he could have run over pier No. 3 ; and ignorant in addition , or not appreciative of the diagonal effect of the current as it set in high water be- tween the piers . struck pier No. 4 ...
... fact that in the then height of the water he could have run over pier No. 3 ; and ignorant in addition , or not appreciative of the diagonal effect of the current as it set in high water be- tween the piers . struck pier No. 4 ...
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... fact that he need not , in the then high state of the river , have attempted to run between pier No. 3 and pier No. 4 at all , but might have sailed right over pier No. 3 , and so , for his craft of 105 feet wide , have had a passage ...
... fact that he need not , in the then high state of the river , have attempted to run between pier No. 3 and pier No. 4 at all , but might have sailed right over pier No. 3 , and so , for his craft of 105 feet wide , have had a passage ...
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... fact that the steamer had not careened , and the place in the barge which was opened , and the part of the pier at which she struck , to show that it was impossible that anything short of a hurricane could have driven the steamer and ...
... fact that the steamer had not careened , and the place in the barge which was opened , and the part of the pier at which she struck , to show that it was impossible that anything short of a hurricane could have driven the steamer and ...
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... fact where the District and Circuit Courts have concurred , except in a clear And it is because this case is clear ... facts , as well as the law of the case , are open to revision by this court in the exercise of its appellate juris ...
... fact where the District and Circuit Courts have concurred , except in a clear And it is because this case is clear ... facts , as well as the law of the case , are open to revision by this court in the exercise of its appellate juris ...
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... fact that the pier on the starboard side was so far under water that the craft might have passed over it palliate the rashness of the act , as the evidence shows that both the master and the pilot were ignorant of that fact , and that ...
... fact that the pier on the starboard side was so far under water that the craft might have passed over it palliate the rashness of the act , as the evidence shows that both the master and the pilot were ignorant of that fact , and that ...
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