Commentaries on the Interstate Commerce Act ...Traffic Publishing Company, 1921 - 173 pages |
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... common law , that is still in effect , the carriers are required to receive and transport freight offered pursuant to their holding out to perform common carrier services , and where there is a refusal the only remedy is a suit in ...
... common law , that is still in effect , the carriers are required to receive and transport freight offered pursuant to their holding out to perform common carrier services , and where there is a refusal the only remedy is a suit in ...
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... common law and enforcible only in the courts ; that the amendment of 1906 , which included " cars and other vehicles and all instrumentalities and facilities of shipment or car- riage " in the definition of the word " transportation , " in ...
... common law and enforcible only in the courts ; that the amendment of 1906 , which included " cars and other vehicles and all instrumentalities and facilities of shipment or car- riage " in the definition of the word " transportation , " in ...
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... common law duty , then it would seem that the duty to furnish special cars still is governed by the common law . Nor does it seem that the authority conferred on the Commission by paragraph 21 overcomes the deficiency in this respect ...
... common law duty , then it would seem that the duty to furnish special cars still is governed by the common law . Nor does it seem that the authority conferred on the Commission by paragraph 21 overcomes the deficiency in this respect ...
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... common law the carrier has a lien on the goods transported to cover the payment of the transportation charges , but this lien is lost . when the goods are delivered without the payment of the charges . Where settlements are made monthly ...
... common law the carrier has a lien on the goods transported to cover the payment of the transportation charges , but this lien is lost . when the goods are delivered without the payment of the charges . Where settlements are made monthly ...
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... common carriers under the common law to receive and transport all freight and passengers which they hold themselves out to the public to carry . Of course , the published tariffs constitute the holding out and it would seem that a ...
... common carriers under the common law to receive and transport all freight and passengers which they hold themselves out to the public to carry . Of course , the published tariffs constitute the holding out and it would seem that a ...
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Commentaries on the Interstate Commerce Act, 1921 (Classic Reprint) Karl Knox Gartner No preview available - 2017 |
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Act to regulate agent application August 9 authority bill of lading car service carrier by railroad carrier or carriers charges classification Commerce Court Commissioners common carrier subject common law complaint Congress consignee corporation court damages deemed district District of Columbia divisions duty employees enforcement equipment establish facilities fares February 28 filed fixed Former Act former and present freight furnish hearing Interstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce Commission investigation issue joint rates June 18 June 29 liability matter ment mission necessary nineteen hundred numbered offense officer old act operating otherwise Panama Canal paragraph party passengers or property person portation prescribe Present Act SEC proceedings provisions rail railway reasonable receive and transport regulate commerce reparation respect rier route rules schedules section 15-a securities shipment shipper sion specified tariffs thereof thereto tion traffic trans transportation of passengers United unlawful valuation violation writs of mandamus
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Page 88 - 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 127 - All of the expenses of the Commission, including all necessary expenses for transportation incurred by the Commissioners or by their employees under their orders, in making any investigation, or upon official business in any other places than in the city of Washington, shall be allowed and paid on the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the Commission. Until otherwise provided by law, the Commission may rent suitable offices for its use. The Auditor for the State and Other Departments...
Page 116 - In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates the Commission shall initiate, modify, establish or adjust such rates so that carriers as a whole (or as a whole in each of such rate groups or territories as the Commission may from time to time designate) will, under honest, efficient and economical management and reasonable expenditures for maintenance of way, structures and equipment, earn an aggregate annual net, railway operating income equal, as nearly as may be, to a fair...
Page 75 - 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 76 - Provided, however, That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or property, or to the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of property wholly within one State and not shipped to or from a foreign country from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid...
Page 105 - Such attendance of witnesses, and the production of such documentary evidence, may be required from any place in the United States, at any designated place of hearing.
Page 123 - It shall be the duty of the various district attorneys, under the direction of the Attorney General of the United States, to prosecute for the recovery of forfeitures.
Page 102 - ... or with any other corporation, company, person or party, shall willfully do or cause to be done, or shall willingly suffer or permit to be done, any act, matter or thing in this act prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or who shall aid or abet therein, or shall willfully omit or fail to do any act, matter or tiling in this act required to be done...
Page 89 - 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 97 - Act; nor shall any carrier charge or demand or collect or receive a greater or less or different compensation for such transportation of passengers or property, or for any service in connection therewith, between the points named in such tariffs than the rates, fares, and charges which are specified in the tariff filed and in effect at the time...