The law of the road; or, wrongs and rights of a traveller - R. Vashon Rogers

Ladies’ Car, who may use, [129]
when train full men may enter, [130]
Lawyers, [76], [77]
Leg, value of a, [221]
value of a baby’s, [222]
Limitation of Liability, of carriers for baggage, [165], [239]
Locomotives, must ring or whistle at crossings, [64], [88]
Loss of Time, [224]
Lost Baggage. (See [Baggage].)
Lost Ticket. (See [Ticket].)
loss of ticket falls on passenger, [117], [118]
even though previous purchase proved, [119]

Man run over, [232]
Master. (See [Railway Company], [Stages], [Steamboat].)
when liable for acts of servants, [2], [3]
Matrimonial Prospects, damages for injuries to, [224], [225]
Merchandise, not personal baggage, [245]
Money of Passengers, when carrier liable for, [82], [108]-[110]
negligence of passengers, [83], [110]
not beyond a reasonable sum, [108]
Musical Instruments, are they personal baggage?, [244]

Negligence of Party. (See [Passenger Carriers].)
in charge of children, [27]
in driving, [30]-[34]
plaintiff in fault, [28]
party is affected by driver’s negligence, [65]
at stations, [105]
arms and legs projecting, [169]
injury received in alighting, [151], [152]
in entering car, [171]
on platform car, or in baggage, wood, or freight car, [190]-[194]
no room inside, [191]
party in express car, [192]
when killed, [210]
Negligence of Railway Companies, injury not sufficient proof of, [106]
starting train too soon, [122]
baggage falling on passenger, [123]
stopping at unsafe places, [147]-[153]
defect in car window, [169]
squeezing fingers, [170], [171]
unforeseen accident, [176]
injury primâ facie proof of negligence, [177]
latent defects, [181], [182]
loss of a dog, [235]
not whistling at crossings, [64]
(See [Railway Company], [Stations].)
Negligence of Servants, in driving, [2], [3], [4]
towards fellow-servants, [4]
baggage falling off track, [127]
Negligence of Stage Coach Owner, liable for negligence of driver, [50], [51]
drivers must watch where they go, [51]
plaintiff’s negligence, [51]
owner answerable for smallest negligence, [52]
or defects in the coach, [52]
unless defects are hidden, [52]
driver must be discreet, and all things sound, [53]
owners not actual insurers, [54]
real accidents, [54], [55]
horses running away, [55]
passenger suffers from driver’s neglect, [56], [65]
party falling in ascending, [79]
damage from rain, [81]
acts of God, [81]
driver charging for parcels, [83]
dangerous places, [84]

Passenger. (See [Fare], [Ticket].)
By Coach.
negligence of driver affects passenger, [56], [65]
driver must stop at usual places, [78]
By Railway.
on wrong train, [122]
refusing to pay, may be put off, [125], [131]
tendering fare at last moment, [125]
drunk and disorderly, [126], [127]
may be excluded for bad conduct, [127]
should be treated with respect, [129]
without seat, must pay, [130]
but may sue the company, [130], [131]
when he may be put off, [131]
ticket mislaid, [132]
damages for ejectment, [132]-[134]
killed in being put off, [135]
better quietly submit to conductor, [135], [136]
getting off at intermediate stations, [137], [140]
not delivering up or showing ticket, [137]
rights at way stations, [140], [141]
must conform to regulations, [190]
in improper places, [190]-[193]
walking through train, [194]
Passenger Carriers, not insurers, [54], [176], [181]
extent of liability, [52]-[54], [181]-[184]
Pedestrians, may walk on road, [3], [15]
must look out at crossings, [15]

Railway Accidents, very few, [185]-[188]
Railway Companies. (See [Negligence].)
sign-post in the way, [67]
letting off steam at crossing, [67]
must take more care of passengers than strangers, [92]
need only stop at usual places, [121]
must maintain order, [127]
must forward passengers if line blocked, [173]
are not insurers of passengers, [176], [181]
extent of liability, [176], [180]
rule in England as to liability, [178]
in New York, [177]
do not warrant that car is perfect, [181]
presumption when passenger injured, [177], [180]
responsible for utmost care, [176], [178], [183]
obligation extends to all apparatus of transportation, [177], [178]
perfect apparatus not expected, [177], [182]
degree of care required,[181]-[184]
must adopt every precaution in known use,[177]
contributory negligence, [190]
seats must be provided, [190], [191]
too many in train, [192]
injuries to children. (See [Children].)
responsible for all lawfully aboard, [201]
may limit liability, [202]-[204]
limitation does not extend to independent wrongs, [203]
injuries producing death. (See [Death].)
liability for acts of agents and servants. (See [Agents], [Servants].)
bad construction of line, [208]
rule as to passengers and employees, [209]-[228]
wrongs done by strangers, [232], [233]
when liability for baggage ceases, [257], [258]
afterwards liable as warehousemen, [257]
Railway Act of 1868, [119]
Railway Crossings, people must look out at, [63], [64]
letting off steam at, [67], [68]
watchmen not always needed at, [88]
when crossing dangerous, [89]
bell or whistle to be sounded at, [64], [88], [89]
diligence required in crossing, though bell is not rung, [64], [90], [91]
negligence of driver of carriage affects all in it, [65]
leaving railway gates open, [90]
rails must be level with road, [92]
Railway Police, [167]
Railway Stations. (See [Alighting at Stations].)
company liable for dangerous access to, [93], [145]
dangers at, [94], [104]
must be fit for occupation, [103]
must be careful at, [106], [141]
ferocious dogs at, [124]
platforms, [106], [145], [154]
hole in platform, [143]
should be properly fenced, [144]
should be lighted, [145]
Road, should be kept in repair, [8], [57]
slippery, [8]
repair depends on locality, [11]
railing giving way on, [12]
accidents on Sunday on, [18], [19]
snow and ice on, [23], [24]
when impassable may go in fields, [24], [26]
deviating from, [29]
Road, Laws of the. (See [Driving].)
keeping on right side, [14]
greater care needed on wrong side, [14], [70], [73]
rules in England, Canada and United States, [71]
may be departed from, [72]
passing laden wagons, [72], [74]
not applicable to buildings, [74]
Runaway Horses, injuries done by, [6], [31], [55]
Rural Sights and Sounds, [60], [64]