The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All the Railroad Cases in the Courts of Last Resort in America and EnglandLawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson Edward Thompson Company, 1890 Covers cases decided [1879?]-1895. |
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... Contract for Sale of Lands . A survey of the road made and filed pursuant to the Vermont statute , gives to the company a right to the lands selected , which is preferable to the right acquired by another railroad company under an ...
... Contract for Sale of Lands . A survey of the road made and filed pursuant to the Vermont statute , gives to the company a right to the lands selected , which is preferable to the right acquired by another railroad company under an ...
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... contract to self ; and , second , that , if subsequent , it is sufficient , because it was before the Granite Company had paid or deposited the land damages , and so became entitled under the statute to the seizin and possession of the ...
... contract to self ; and , second , that , if subsequent , it is sufficient , because it was before the Granite Company had paid or deposited the land damages , and so became entitled under the statute to the seizin and possession of the ...
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... contract for Was the sale in this case prior or subsequent ? The deed of conveyance was subsequent , but the contract to sell was prior . At the time the contract was executed , Feb- ruary 22 , 1888 , the Barre Railroad Company had ...
... contract for Was the sale in this case prior or subsequent ? The deed of conveyance was subsequent , but the contract to sell was prior . At the time the contract was executed , Feb- ruary 22 , 1888 , the Barre Railroad Company had ...
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... contracts , the , intent of the parties becomes the primary inquiry ; in ascertaining which reference should be had ... contract be- tween him and the company the land was devoted to railroad uses - uses desired and contemplated to be ...
... contracts , the , intent of the parties becomes the primary inquiry ; in ascertaining which reference should be had ... contract be- tween him and the company the land was devoted to railroad uses - uses desired and contemplated to be ...
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... contract ; and , if the contract should not be performed , suit would lie for its non - performance at any time after the 1st of May . 1888 ; and hence all damages that could be included in the judgment here , because of the road not ...
... contract ; and , if the contract should not be performed , suit would lie for its non - performance at any time after the 1st of May . 1888 ; and hence all damages that could be included in the judgment here , because of the road not ...
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Page 3 - No private property shall be taken or damaged for public or private use without just compensation having been first made, or paid into court for the owner, and no right of way shall be appropriated to the use of any corporation other than municipal until full compensation therefor be first made in money, or ascertained and paid into court for the owner, irrespective of any benefit from any improvement proposed by such corporation...
Page 300 - Under sub-section one of section one, unless the defect therein mentioned arose from, or had not been discovered or remedied owing to the negligence of the employer, or of some person in the service of the employer, and entrusted by him with the duty of seeing that the ways, works, machinery, or plant were in proper condition.
Page 305 - ... 1. By reason of any defect in the condition of the ways, works, machinery, or plant, connected with or used in the business of the employer which arose from or had not been discovered or remedied owing to the negligence of the employer or of any person in the service of the employer and intrusted by him with the duty of seeing that the ways, works, machinery, or plant, were in proper condition; 2.
Page 8 - Assembly may, by law, secure to persons or corporations the right of way over the lands of other persons or corporations, and by general laws provide for and regulate the exercise by persons and corporations of the rights herein reserved; but just compensation shall, in all cases, be first made to the owner.
Page 6 - Assembly from taking the property and franchises of incorporated companies, and subjecting them to public use, the same as the property of individuals...
Page 357 - A railroad company shall be liable for any damage done to persons, stock or other property by the running of the locomotives, or cars, or other machinery of such company, or for damage done by any person in the employment and service of such company, unless the company shall make it appear that their agents have exercised all ordinary and reasonable care and diligence, the presumption in all cases being against the company.
Page 686 - ... is necessary to permit the passage of such railroad through any canyon, pass, or defile, said railroad company shall, before entering upon the ground occupied by such wagon road, cause the same to be reconstructed at its own expense in the most favorable location, and in as perfect a manner as the original road...
Page 234 - Where a law is plain and unambiguous, whether it be expressed in general or limited terms, the Legislature should be intended to mean what they have plainly expressed, and consequently no room is left for construction.
Page 553 - That the capital stock of said company shall be forever exempt from taxation, and the road, with all its fixtures and appurtenances, including workshops, warehouses, and vehicles of transportation, shall be exempt from taxation for the period of twenty years from the completion of the road, and no longer.
Page 523 - There is a sense," he says further on, "however, in which duplicate taxation may be understood, — and which we think is the proper sense, — which would render it wholly inadmissible under any constitution requiring equality and uniformity in taxation. By duplicate taxation in this sense...