Note 197 — Chapter II · NEGLIGENT INTERFERENCE (continued 8)
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“... The wagon so loaded coming to the bridge and being unable to pass underneath it, the train stopped, and those who had charge of it, without looking to ascertain the cause of the stoppage, gave momentum to the engine to such an extent that the wagon with its load knocked the bridge down.” Statement of facts in opinion of Bramwell, B., L. R. 9 Exch. 72. Compare statement in L. R. 10 Exch. 102.