Engineering - Year 1914 - Judgments

Jun 08 1914 (FN)

United States Vs. United Engineering Co.

Court: US Supreme Court

Decided on: Jun-08-1914

..... under the original and supplemental contracts a controversy arose between the claimant and the civil engineer in charge as to the proper method of designing and constructing the floor of the ..... price for failure to strictly comply with the specifications on march 24 1905 the civil engineer in charge transmitted to the claimant a supplemental agreement covering the deductions which agreement contained .....

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Jun 22 1914 (FN)

Southern Railway Co. Vs. Crockett

Court: US Supreme Court

Decided on: Jun-22-1914

..... upon the track when the single car became uncoupled from the engine and being propelled by gravity towards the standing cars came ..... had the effect of regulating the height of drawbars upon locomotive engines as contended by plaintiff or upon freight cars only as ..... interstate commerce by railroad to use on its line any locomotive engine in moving interstate traffic not equipped with a power driving .....

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May 11 1914 (FN)

Smith Vs. Texas

Court: US Supreme Court

Decided on: May-11-1914

..... contrary it affirmatively and without contradiction appeared that the plaintiff in error like other locomotive engineers was familiar with the duties of that position and was competent to discharge them with ..... permits the brakeman to act because he is presumptively competent and prohibits the employment of engineers and all others who can affirmatively prove that they are likewise competent is not .....

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Apr 27 1914 (FN)

Seaboard Air Line Ry. Vs. Horton

Court: US Supreme Court

Decided on: Apr-27-1914

..... ordinary gauge cocks were provided plaintiff was an experienced locomotive engineer and according to his own testimony was fully aware ..... guard glass from another source plaintiff proceeded to drive the engine with the use of the unguarded water gauge until august ..... defect or insufficiency due to its negligence in its cars engines appliances machinery track roadbed works boats wharves or other equipment .....

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Feb 24 1914 (FN)

Plymouth Coal Co. Vs. Pennsylvania

Court: US Supreme Court

Decided on: Feb-24-1914

..... of the court that the proper mine inspector and the engineers of the defendant company and the lehigh wilkes barre coal ..... the other side there might be several owners and the engineers representing the latter might outnumber and combine against the representative ..... we think it not an unreasonable construction that if the engineers disagree they shall submit their differences to the inspector and .....

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Jun 08 1914 (FN)

United States Vs. Buffalo Pitts Co.

Court: US Supreme Court

Decided on: Jun-08-1914

..... took possession of all material supplies and equipment belonging to the construction company including the engine and appurtenances on june 16 1905 at roswell new mexico the plaintiff by its agents ..... to whom the secretary of the interior referred the matter and by the chief engineer and assistant chief engineer of the reclamation service under the direction of the department ratified and adopted .....

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Feb 02 1914 (FN)

North Carolina R. Co. Vs. Zachary

Court: US Supreme Court

Decided on: Feb-02-1914

..... on the date mentioned after inspecting oiling firing and preparing the engine for starting on a trip from selma to spencer north ..... carolina attempted to cross certain tracks that intervened between the engine and his page 232 u s 255 boarding house which ..... employed in commerce notwithstanding his temporary absence from the locomotive engine see missouri kansas texas ry co v united states 231 .....

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May 25 1914 (FN)

United States Vs. Axman

Court: US Supreme Court

Decided on: May-25-1914

..... accordance with law there are other paragraphs permitting the chief of engineers if he sees fit to employ additional plant or purchase ..... tree point at such places as might be designated by the engineer officer and to impound the material behind bulkheads of suitable ..... construction subject to the approval of the engineer officer to be built and maintained at the expense of .....

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Jan 05 1914 (FN)

Pennell Vs. Philadelphia and Reading Ry. Co.

Court: US Supreme Court

Decided on: Jan-05-1914

..... deemed integral with the locomotive in other words tender and engine were considered as constituting the locomotive necessarily a locomotive thus ..... custom of railroads to use an automatic coupler between the engine and tender some roads however use two additional or supplemental ..... by plaintiff that the necessity of an automatic coupler between engine and tender is determined by the amendment of the act .....

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Feb 24 1914 (FN)

Leroy Fibre Co. Vs. Chicago, M. and St.P. Ry.

Court: US Supreme Court

Decided on: Feb-24-1914

..... of the grounds of negligence set forth was that a locomotive engine of defendant while passing the premises of plaintiff was so ..... care to avoid danger of firing its straw from sparks from engines passing on the railroad that a person of ordinary prudence would ..... other buildings and manufactured lumber by fire communicated by a locomotive engine of a railroad some of the buildings were erected in part .....

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