| United States. Supreme Court - 1917 - 780 pages
...controlling, was given later, on May 24, 1908, and is as follows: "Section 3 of the law provides that: 'The provisions of this Act shall not apply in any case of casualty or unavoidable accident or act of God; nor where the delay was the result of a cause not known to the carrier or its officer or... | |
| 1917 - 2042 pages
...certain and speedy prosecutions thereunder, contains the following1 language : "Provided, that the provisions of this act shall not apply In any case...unavoidable accident or the act of God : nor where * » * delay was the result of a cause not known to the carrier or its officer or agent in charge of... | |
| 1918 - 2060 pages
...§ 8679), providing that such act shall not apply In any case of casualty, unavoidable accident, or act of God, nor where the delay was the result of a cause not known to the carrier or its officers or agent in charge of the employes at the time the employe's left a terminal, and which could... | |
| 1919 - 2026 pages
...Interstate Commerce Commission in assuming this to be the law. Section 3 of the act, to the effect "that the provisions of this act shall not apply in any case of casualty or unavoidable accident," etc., construed in connection with the other terms of the act, has been held in cases in which it applies... | |
| 1917 - 2042 pages
...been appended to section 2. Further, the language of the proviso is all-embracing. It says "that the provisions of this act shall not apply in any case of casualty. * * * " To hold that in spite of this declaration some of the "provisions of this act" nevertheless... | |
| 1917 - 1038 pages
...been appended to section 2. Further, the language of the proviso is all-embracing. It says "that the provisions of this act shall not apply in any case of casualty. * * * " To hold that in spite of this declaration some of the "provisions of this act" nevertheless... | |
| 1918 - 728 pages
...been appended to section 2. Further, the language of the proviso is all-embracing. It says "that the provisions of this act shall not apply in any case of casualty. * * * " To hold that in spite of this declaration some of the "provisions of this act" nevertheless... | |
| United States. 59th Congress, 2d. session, 1906-1907 House. [from old catalog] - 1906 - 1006 pages
...Mr. TOWNSEND. Please read it again, Mr. Chairman. The CHAIRMAN. The amendment reads: Provided, The provisions of this act shall not apply in any case...the result of a cause not known to the carrier or his agent in charge of such employee at the time said employee left a terminal and could not have been... | |
| 1907 - 1134 pages
...shall be deemed to have had knowledge of all acts of all its officers and agents: Provided, That the provisions of this act shall not apply in any case...to the carrier or its officer or agent in charge of such employee at the time said employee left a terminal, and which could not have been foreseen: Provided... | |
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