United States Supreme Court Reports, Volume 46Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, 1926 Complete with headnotes, summaries of decisions, statements of cases, points and authorities of counsel, annotations, tables, and parallel references. |
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... charge as un- exceptionable . The plaintiff also claims that error was committed by the court in charging the jury ... charge of the judge fairly presented the question to the jury , and the exception to the charge is not available . We ...
... charge as un- exceptionable . The plaintiff also claims that error was committed by the court in charging the jury ... charge of the judge fairly presented the question to the jury , and the exception to the charge is not available . We ...
Page 93
... charge , as proper , a rate which , if charged by the one thus con- victed , would be deemed extortion ; thus not So , the fact that a statute regulating railroad rates burdens railroad corporations with pains and penalties not imposed ...
... charge , as proper , a rate which , if charged by the one thus con- victed , would be deemed extortion ; thus not So , the fact that a statute regulating railroad rates burdens railroad corporations with pains and penalties not imposed ...
Page 94
... charge for or to sell the same at more than 100 per cent above the average market price or value of such ear corn or shelled corn on the markets of the towns or cities wherein said stock yards are located , on the day next preceding ...
... charge for or to sell the same at more than 100 per cent above the average market price or value of such ear corn or shelled corn on the markets of the towns or cities wherein said stock yards are located , on the day next preceding ...
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... charge is an unreasonable exaction for the services rendered . He has a right to do business . He has a right to charge for each separate service that which is reasonable compensation therefor , and the legislature may not deny him such ...
... charge is an unreasonable exaction for the services rendered . He has a right to do business . He has a right to charge for each separate service that which is reasonable compensation therefor , and the legislature may not deny him such ...
Page 104
... charges , yet in the absence of testimony to the contrary a customary charge should be regarded as reasonable and rightful . In Gunning , Law of Tolls , the au- thor says ( p . 61 ) : " Long usage and ac- quiescence in one uniform ...
... charges , yet in the absence of testimony to the contrary a customary charge should be regarded as reasonable and rightful . In Gunning , Law of Tolls , the au- thor says ( p . 61 ) : " Long usage and ac- quiescence in one uniform ...
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Page 99 - 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.
Page 393 - ... every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said railroad line, as said company may adopt, through the territories of the United States...
Page 101 - We hold, however, that the basis of all calculations as to the reasonableness of rates to be charged by a corporation maintaining a highway under legislative sanction must be the fair value of the property being used by it for the convenience of the public. And, in order to ascertain that value, the original cost of construction, the amount expended in permanent improvements, the amount and market value of Its bonds and stock, the present as compared with the original cost of construction, the probable...
Page 156 - Acts of bankruptcy by a person shall consist of his having (1) conveyed, transferred, concealed, or removed, or permitted to be concealed or removed, any part of his property with intent to hinder, delay, or defraud his creditors; or (2) transferred, while insolvent, any portion of his property to one or more of his creditors with intent to prefer such creditors over his other creditors...
Page 331 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law ; a law which hears before it condemns ; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.
Page 291 - That if any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall, directly or indirectly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device, charge, demand, collect •or receive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation...
Page 216 - ... no officer, agent, or other representative of this company shall have power to waive any provision or condition of this policy, except as such as by the terms of this policy may be subject of agreement indorsed hereon or added hereto...
Page 277 - ... of no limitation not imposed by itself. Any restriction upon it, deriving validity from an external source, would imply a diminution of its sovereignty to the extent of the restriction and an investment of that sovereignty to the same extent in that power which could impose such restriction. All exceptions, therefore, to the full and complete power of a nation within its own territories must be traced up to the consent of the nation itself. They can flow from no other legitimate source.
Page 100 - If the company is deprived of the power of charging reasonable rates for the use of its property, and such deprivation takes place in the absence of an investigation by judicial machinery, it is deprived of the lawful use of its property, and thus, in substance and effect, of the property itself, without due process of law and in violation of the Constitution of the United States...
Page 430 - AN ACT to provide for the adjustment of land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads, and for the forfeiture of unearned lands, and for other purposes.