Schaff v. Merchant’s Empirical Analysis
1919
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
April 1923
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Schaff v. Combs
Most-quoted passages
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““It thus appearing that Merchant looked for the train, and that there was nothing to prevent him from seeing it, it seems to me the only reasonable inference is that he did see it approaching the crossing before he drove thereon. If he did, I think the inference that he was guilty of negligence in attempting nevertheless to cross the track is not escapable.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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