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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When the subject in dispute shall be of the value of $ 2.000 or more , either party
to suel proceeding before said court may ... For the purposes of this act ,
excepting its penal provisions , the circuit courts of the United States shall be
deemed to ...
When the subject in dispute shall be of the value of $ 2.000 or more , either party
to suel proceeding before said court may ... For the purposes of this act ,
excepting its penal provisions , the circuit courts of the United States shall be
deemed to ...
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The Wabash road defended the action brought against it , and asked the trial
court to hold the following to be the law of the case : The court further holds as
matter of law that the transportation in question falls within the proper description
of ...
The Wabash road defended the action brought against it , and asked the trial
court to hold the following to be the law of the case : The court further holds as
matter of law that the transportation in question falls within the proper description
of ...
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court , then I grant that the position of the gentleman from Iowa [ Mr. HEPBURN )
would be well taken ; but when it is simply prima facie , that puts the decision of
the commission exactly in the position of the judgment of an interior court when
an ...
court , then I grant that the position of the gentleman from Iowa [ Mr. HEPBURN )
would be well taken ; but when it is simply prima facie , that puts the decision of
the commission exactly in the position of the judgment of an interior court when
an ...
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of as the court shall deem reasonable : and such notice may be served on such
common carrier , his or its officers , agents , or servants , in such manner as the
court shall direct ; and said court shall proceed to hear and determine the matter
...
of as the court shall deem reasonable : and such notice may be served on such
common carrier , his or its officers , agents , or servants , in such manner as the
court shall direct ; and said court shall proceed to hear and determine the matter
...
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... by petition , to tbe circuit court of the United States sitting in equity in the judicial
district in which the common carrier complained of has its principal office , or in
which the violation or diso . bedience of such order or requirement shall happen
...
... by petition , to tbe circuit court of the United States sitting in equity in the judicial
district in which the common carrier complained of has its principal office , or in
which the violation or diso . bedience of such order or requirement shall happen
...
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Page 607 - ... a greater or less compensation for any service rendered, or to be rendered, in the transportation of passengers or property, subject to the provisions of this act, than it charges, demands, collects or receives from any other person or persons for doing for him or them a like and contemporaneous service in the transportation of a like kind of traffic under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, such common carrier shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrimination, which is hereby prohibited...
Page 140 - 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 607 - America in congress assembled, that the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Page 454 - ... 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 608 - ... for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance ; but this shall not be construed as authorizing any common carrier, within the terms of this act, to charge and receive as great compensation for a shorter as for a longer distance: Provided, however, That upon application to the Commission appointed under the provisions of tula act, such common carrier may.
Page 5 - 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 355 - 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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