The United States of America, Complainants and Appellants, V. Jane L. Stanford, Executrix of the Last Will and Testament of Leland Stanford, Deceased, Defendant and Appellee: Brief for Defendant and Appelle1895 - 155 pages |
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... matters set forth in said act , require that the said act of eighteen hundred and sixty - two be altered and amended as hereinafter enacted ; and Whereas , by reason of the premises also , as well as for other causes of public good and ...
... matters set forth in said act , require that the said act of eighteen hundred and sixty - two be altered and amended as hereinafter enacted ; and Whereas , by reason of the premises also , as well as for other causes of public good and ...
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... matters mentioned , and to take steps to foreclose any mortgages or liens of the United States on any such railroad property . It permits the sinking - funds to be invested in-- " bonds of the United States heretofore issued for the ...
... matters mentioned , and to take steps to foreclose any mortgages or liens of the United States on any such railroad property . It permits the sinking - funds to be invested in-- " bonds of the United States heretofore issued for the ...
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... why the rights of the United States should be lib- erally construed . This matter is fully con- sidered in the opinion of the Court already stated in United States v . Union Pacific Railroad Company ( 91 U. S. , 72 ) , 35.
... why the rights of the United States should be lib- erally construed . This matter is fully con- sidered in the opinion of the Court already stated in United States v . Union Pacific Railroad Company ( 91 U. S. , 72 ) , 35.
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... matter of subsidy bonds , and the re- lations growing out of them , is not to be controlled by any ordinary principles of construction , but by the overwhelming nature and effect of the sovereign power of the Government over the ...
... matter of subsidy bonds , and the re- lations growing out of them , is not to be controlled by any ordinary principles of construction , but by the overwhelming nature and effect of the sovereign power of the Government over the ...
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... matters between the relations of the Central Pacific with the Government and those which existed be- tween it and the Union Pacific , and maintained that the mere accident of the Central Pacific having been , at the time of the passage ...
... matters between the relations of the Central Pacific with the Government and those which existed be- tween it and the Union Pacific , and maintained that the mere accident of the Central Pacific having been , at the time of the passage ...
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Page 13 - That the grants aforesaid are made upon condition that said company shall keep said railroad and telegraph line in repair and use, and shall at all times transmit dispatches over said telegraph line, and transport mails, troops and munitions of war, supplies and public stores, upon said railroad for the government, whenever required to do so by any department thereof, and that the government shall at all times have the preference in the use of the same for all the purposes aforesaid, (at fair and...
Page 133 - ... to secure the repayment to the United States, as hereinafter provided, of the amount of said bonds so issued and delivered to said company, together with all interest thereon which shall have been paid by the United States, the issue of said bonds and delivery to the company shall ipso facto constitute a first mortgage on the whole line of the railroad and telegraph, together with the rolling stock, fixtures, and property of every kind and description, and in consideration of which said bonds...
Page 14 - California had only power to construct a railroad from Sacramento to the eastern boundary of the State. Congress, by the Act of 1862, authorized the company (in the words of the Act) ' to construct a railroad and telegraph line from the Pacific coast, at or near San Francisco, or the navigable waters of the Sacramento River, to the eastern boundary of California...
Page 95 - Dues from corporations shall be secured by such individual liability of the corporators and other means as may be prescribed by law.
Page 11 - Greenwich, between the south margin of the valley of the Republican River and the north margin of the valley of the Platte River, in the Territory of Nebraska...
Page 30 - But courts, in construing a statute, may with propriety recur to the history of the times when it was passed; and this is frequently necessary, in order to ascertain the reason as well as the meaning of particular provisions in it.
Page 119 - It cannot be said that a case is not authority on one point because, although that point was properly presented and decided in the regular course of the consideration of the cause, something else was found in the end which disposed of the whole matter. Here the precise question was properly presented, fully argued and elaborately considered in the opinion. The decision on this question was as much a part of the judgment of the court as was that on any other of the several matters on which the case...
Page 17 - That if said roads are not completed, so as to form a continuous line of railroad, ready for use, from the Missouri River to the navigable waters of the Sacramento River...
Page 98 - The individual liability of stockholders of a corporation for the payment of its debts is always a creature of statute. At common law it does not exist. The statute which creates it may also declare the purposes of its creation, and provide for the manner of its enforcement.
Page 16 - That the several companies authorized to construct the aforesaid roads are hereby required to operate and use said roads and telegraph for all purposes of communication, travel and transportation, so far as the public and...