Swift & Co. v. Langbein’s Empirical Analysis
127 F. 111 · 1904
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
August 1910
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Grand Trunk Ry Co of Canada v. Ives · Railroad Company v. Stout · Railroad Company v. Houston · Farrington v. Tennessee · Elliott v. Chicago M St P Ry Co
Most-quoted passages
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““Certain facts we may suppose to be clearly established, from which one sensible, impartial man would infer that proper care had not been used and that negligence existed, and another man equally sensible and equally impartial would infer that proper eare had been used and that there was no negligence. It is this class of cases and those akin to it that the law commits to the decision of the jury.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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