Interstate Commerce: Debate in Forty-Eighth Congress, Second Session [-Fiftieth Congress], on the Bill (H.R. 5461) to Establish a Board of Commissioners of Interstate Commerce and to Regulate Such Commerce &c., &c |
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In any such action brought for the recovery of damages the court before which the same shall be pending may compel any director , officer , receiver , trustee , or agent of the corporation or company defendant in such suit to attend ...
In any such action brought for the recovery of damages the court before which the same shall be pending may compel any director , officer , receiver , trustee , or agent of the corporation or company defendant in such suit to attend ...
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And any of the circuit courts of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such inqniry is carried on may , in case of ... and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof .
And any of the circuit courts of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such inqniry is carried on may , in case of ... and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof .
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... to the circuit court of the United States siiting in equity in the judicial district in which the common currier ... and the said court shall hate power to hear and determine the matter , on such short notice to the common carrier ...
... to the circuit court of the United States siiting in equity in the judicial district in which the common currier ... and the said court shall hate power to hear and determine the matter , on such short notice to the common carrier ...
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... more , I would with confidence stand before the Supreme Court of the United States , or the supreme court of any of ... and would be enforced by the courts , and that one thing to be assumed is that the rates shall be reasonable .
... more , I would with confidence stand before the Supreme Court of the United States , or the supreme court of any of ... and would be enforced by the courts , and that one thing to be assumed is that the rates shall be reasonable .
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And Judge Bradley , of the Supreme Court of the United States , held in that very same language , in a case reported in 20 Wallace , that that was the doctrine of the common law as it exists in this country .
And Judge Bradley , of the Supreme Court of the United States , held in that very same language , in a case reported in 20 Wallace , that that was the doctrine of the common law as it exists in this country .
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Page 144 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or of like kind of property, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line, in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance...
Page 458 - ... that upon application to the Commission appointed under the provisions of this act, such common carrier may, in special cases, after investigation by the Commission, be authorized to charge less for longer than for shorter distances for the transportation of passengers or property ; and the Commission may from time to time prescribe the extent to which such designated common carrier may be relieved from the operation of this section of this act.
Page 9 - Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall, according to their respective powers, afford all reasonable, proper, and equal facilities for the interchange of traffic between their respective lines, and for the receiving, forwarding, and delivering of passengers and property to and from their several lines and those connecting therewith...
Page 359 - If such carrier shall not satisfy the complaint within the time specified, or there shall appear to be any reasonable ground for investigating said complaint, it shall be the duty of the commission to investigate the matters complained of in such manner and by such means as it shall deem proper.
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| Title | Interstate Commerce: Debate in Forty-Eighth Congress, Second Session [-Fiftieth Congress], on the Bill (H.R. 5461) to Establish a Board of Commissioners of Interstate Commerce and to Regulate Such Commerce &c., &c Interstate Commerce: Debate in Forty-Eighth Congress, Second Session [-Fiftieth Congress], on the Bill (H.R. 5461) to Establish a Board of Commissioners of Interstate Commerce and to Regulate Such Commerce &c., &c, United States. Congress |
| Author | United States. Congress |
| Editor | Uriah Hunt Painter |
| Published | 1884 |
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