A Treatise on Franchises: Especially Those of Public Service Corporations : Containing Also in an Appendix the Public Service Commissions Law of New York and the Public Utility Law of WisconsinBanks Law Publishing Company, 1909 - 1130 pages |
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... limited partnership , or of executing a con- veyance of land by deed , is a franchise ( 2 Morawitz , Priv . Corp. § 923 ) . " State v . Western Irrigating Canal Co. , 40 Kan . 96 , 99 , 19 Pac . 349 , per Horton , C. J. " The ...
... limited partnership , or of executing a con- veyance of land by deed , is a franchise ( 2 Morawitz , Priv . Corp. § 923 ) . " State v . Western Irrigating Canal Co. , 40 Kan . 96 , 99 , 19 Pac . 349 , per Horton , C. J. " The ...
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... limited to the uses and purposes for which it was adopted - convenience in the transaction of business , and in suing and being sued in its corporate name , and the continuance of its rights and liabilities , unaffected by changes in ...
... limited to the uses and purposes for which it was adopted - convenience in the transaction of business , and in suing and being sued in its corporate name , and the continuance of its rights and liabilities , unaffected by changes in ...
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... limited individual liability . The granting of such right or privi- lege rests entirely in the discretion of the State , and , of course , when granted , " the legislature may impose conditions affecting the grant of the franchise ...
... limited individual liability . The granting of such right or privi- lege rests entirely in the discretion of the State , and , of course , when granted , " the legislature may impose conditions affecting the grant of the franchise ...
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... limited to compensation for the use of a road , a way , a mill or a ferry , where the moving power comes from the party using it ; but , on the contrary , that it is and al- ways has been applied to compensa- tion for such use when the ...
... limited to compensation for the use of a road , a way , a mill or a ferry , where the moving power comes from the party using it ; but , on the contrary , that it is and al- ways has been applied to compensa- tion for such use when the ...
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... limited to corporation can only exercise such the powers granted them , can claim powers as are specially granted by irrevocably , all powers not expressly the ' act of incorporation . ' or are denied them . If the latter , the ...
... limited to corporation can only exercise such the powers granted them , can claim powers as are specially granted by irrevocably , all powers not expressly the ' act of incorporation . ' or are denied them . If the latter , the ...
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Page 902 - ... to inmates of the National Homes or State Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and of Soldiers
Page 133 - The term corporations as used in this article, shall be construed to include all associations and joint stock companies having any of the powers or privileges of corporations not possessed by individuals or partnerships.
Page 698 - 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 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...
Page 929 - A common carrier, railroad corporation or street railroad corporation organized or existing, or hereafter incorporated, under or by virtue of the laws of the state of New York, may issue stocks, bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness payable at periods of more than twelve months after the date thereof...
Page 685 - ... the present as compared with the original cost of construction, the probable earning capacity of the property under particular rates prescribed by statute and the sum required to meet operating expenses, are all matters for consideration, and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case.
Page 515 - York of 1828, chapter 18, title 3, it was enacted that -the charter of every corporation that shall hereafter be granted by the legislature shall be subject to alteration, suspension and repeal, in the discretion of the legislature.
Page 698 - 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 609 - ... nor more than five hundred dollars, and may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months.
Page 901 - ... a greater or less compensation for any service rendered, or to be rendered, in the transportation of passengers or property...
Page 122 - Among the most important are immortality, and, if the expression may be allowed, individuality; properties by which a perpetual succession of many persons are considered as the same, and may act as a single individual.