Lawyers' Reports Annotated, Book 57Lawyers' Co-operative Publishing Company, 1903 |
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... authority , and that in this coun- try no franchise can be held which is not de- rived from a law of the state . Bank of Au- gusta v . Earle , 13 Pet . 519 , 10 L. ed . 274 . This definition is accepted in his own state . State v ...
... authority , and that in this coun- try no franchise can be held which is not de- rived from a law of the state . Bank of Au- gusta v . Earle , 13 Pet . 519 , 10 L. ed . 274 . This definition is accepted in his own state . State v ...
Page 43
... authority , or permission " to lay pipes or mains in or under a public street , means only some special privilege granted by a governmental body having authority to con- fer it ; that such a permission granted by pri- vate individuals ...
... authority , or permission " to lay pipes or mains in or under a public street , means only some special privilege granted by a governmental body having authority to con- fer it ; that such a permission granted by pri- vate individuals ...
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... authority to levy or collect a tax upon the franchise of plaintiff . It is fur- ther alleged that the said town of Bellevue is claiming and asserting the right , power , and authority to levy , assess , and collect said franchise tax ...
... authority to levy or collect a tax upon the franchise of plaintiff . It is fur- ther alleged that the said town of Bellevue is claiming and asserting the right , power , and authority to levy , assess , and collect said franchise tax ...
Page 58
... authority , and credit must be given to Smith , J. , for dissent- ing . The majority opinion conceded that there were several New York cases , resting upon the authority of People v . Home Ins . Co. 92 N. Y. 328 , holding the contrary ...
... authority , and credit must be given to Smith , J. , for dissent- ing . The majority opinion conceded that there were several New York cases , resting upon the authority of People v . Home Ins . Co. 92 N. Y. 328 , holding the contrary ...
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... authority for taxing the gross receipts of a warehouse com- pany . Selma v . Selma Press & W. Co. 67 Ala . 430 . A street railway company subject to a mu nicipal tax of a certain percentage of its re- ceipts within the city that ...
... authority for taxing the gross receipts of a warehouse com- pany . Selma v . Selma Press & W. Co. 67 Ala . 430 . A street railway company subject to a mu nicipal tax of a certain percentage of its re- ceipts within the city that ...
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Page 350 - All taxes shall be uniform, upon the same class of subjects, within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax, and shall be levied and collected under general laws...
Page 42 - When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created. He may withdraw his grant by discontinuing the use; but, so long as he maintains the use, he must submit to the control.
Page 233 - That the people of this State have the inherent, sole and exclusive right of regulating the internal government and police thereof, and of altering and abolishing their Constitution and form of government, whenever it may be necessary to their safety and happiness...
Page 315 - In case of the impeachment of the governor, his absence from the state, or inability to discharge the duties of his office, the powers, duties, and emoluments of the office shall devolve upon the president of the Senate...
Page 41 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence, and affect the community at large. When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created.
Page 184 - That no person, firm, or corporate body shall manufacture out of any oleaginous substance or any compound of the same, other than that produced from unadulterated milk or of cream from the same, any article designed to take the place of butter or cheese produced from pure unadulterated milk or cream from the same, or...
Page 344 - a draft or order upon a bank or banking house purporting to be drawn upon a deposit of funds for the payment at all events of a certain sum of money to a certain person therein named or to him or his order or to bearer and payable instantly on demand.
Page 251 - there is no liberty, if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers.
Page 229 - I understand it, that you must look at the actual circumstances of the case in order to see whether the one party to the contract is relieved from its future performance by the conduct of the other; you must examine what that conduct is, so as to see whether it amounts to a renunciation, to an absolute refusal to perform the contract, such as would amount to a rescission if he had the power to rescind, and whether the other party may accept it as a reason for not performing his part...
Page 326 - And it is a part of this contract that any person other than the assured who may have procured this insurance to be taken by this company, shall be deemed to be the agent of the assured named in this policy, and not of this company under any circumstances whatever, or in any transaction relating to this insurance.