Adams v Lancashire, Company, Railway Company
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1865 |
| Court | Court of Common Pleas |
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6 cases
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Sayers v Harlow U. D. C
...an extremely dangerous oourso, and I have to balanco the inconvenience against the danger. I feel this case is similar to Adams v. Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway". 11With all respect to the learned Judge (so that I may state my conclusion at once) I have formed a different view. I agree wit......
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Forsikringsaktieselskapet Vesta v Butcher
...of contract. The argument in the County Court and in the Court of Appeal turned on the application of what was said in Adams v. London and Lancashire Railway (1868) Law Reports 4 Common Pleas 739. The plaintiff, a passenger, tried to shut a defective door in a moving train and fell out. He ......
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Singleton Abbey (S.S.) v Paludina (S.S.)
... ... otherwise ( see also British Columbia Electric Railway Co. v. Loach (1916) A.C. p. 719 (1916) A.C. p. 719) ... As to the first, "alternative danger," as used in Adams v. L. & Y. R. , refers to personal danger. It has not been ... says in Adams v. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Co ... ( 4 C.P. p. 739 ), "If the ligence of a railway company puts a passenger in a situation of alternative danger, that ... ...
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Mr Philip James Clay v TUI UK Ltd
...with apparent approval the following passage (at p628) from the judgment of Montague-Smith J in Adams v Lancashire and Yorkshire Ry Co. (1869) LR 4 CP 739: “….I quite agree that, if the negligence of a railway company puts a passenger in a situation of alternative danger, that is to say, if......
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