American Railroad and Corporation Reports: Being a Collection of the Current Decisions of the Courts of Last Resort in the United States Pertaining to Railroad and Corporation Law, Volume 7John Lewis E.B. Myers, 1893 |
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... DOMAIN . MEANING OF WORD " DAMAGED , " IN CONSTITUTION . The word damaged , " in Const . 1889 , art . 1 , § 16 , which provides that no 66 private property shall be taken or damaged for public or 64 BROWN V. CITY OF SEATTLE ET AL .
... DOMAIN . MEANING OF WORD " DAMAGED , " IN CONSTITUTION . The word damaged , " in Const . 1889 , art . 1 , § 16 , which provides that no 66 private property shall be taken or damaged for public or 64 BROWN V. CITY OF SEATTLE ET AL .
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... constitutions of the several states in the Union contained , with but few exceptions , a provision that private property should not be taken for public use without just compensation . The constitution of the United States contains sub ...
... constitutions of the several states in the Union contained , with but few exceptions , a provision that private property should not be taken for public use without just compensation . The constitution of the United States contains sub ...
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... constitution , inserted therein the provisions which we have quoted from our own . Its action in that matter has ... constitutions mentioned differ slightly from our own in their phraseology , but their substance is exactly the same ...
... constitution , inserted therein the provisions which we have quoted from our own . Its action in that matter has ... constitutions mentioned differ slightly from our own in their phraseology , but their substance is exactly the same ...
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... constitution used the word in that instrument for some purpose . Other states changed their constitutions for substantially the same purpose . They took the new phrase subject to the general rule of construction , that the adoption of ...
... constitution used the word in that instrument for some purpose . Other states changed their constitutions for substantially the same purpose . They took the new phrase subject to the general rule of construction , that the adoption of ...
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... constitution makes the hitherto disregarded equity now the law of it . In the matter of street grades , however , counsel for the city urge that a dedication should carry with it the right to raise or lower the surface of a street to ...
... constitution makes the hitherto disregarded equity now the law of it . In the matter of street grades , however , counsel for the city urge that a dedication should carry with it the right to raise or lower the surface of a street to ...
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Page 184 - ... 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 483 - All charges made for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers or property as aforesaid, or in connection therewith, or for the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of such property, shall be reasonable and just; and every unjust and unreasonable charge for such service is prohibited and declared to be unlawful.
Page 496 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this 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 484 - That nothing in this Act shall prevent the carriage, storage, or handling of property free or at reduced rates for the United States, State, or municipal governments...
Page 710 - Class legislation, discriminating against some and favoring others, is prohibited; but legislation which, in carrying out a public purpose, is limited in its application, if within the sphere of its operation it affects alike all persons similarly situated, is not within the amendment.
Page 371 - A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law. it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence.
Page 616 - Act who shall be in attendance at the nearest watchhouse, in order that such person may be secured until he can be brought before a justice of the peace, to be dealt with according to law...
Page 459 - No suit or action on this policy for the recovery of any claim shall be sustainable in any court of law or equity until after full compliance by the insured with all the foregoing requirements, nor unless commenced within twelve months next after the fire.
Page 212 - And the said records and judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the State from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Page 213 - States, and the decision is in favor of their validity; or where any title, right, privilege, or immunity is claimed under the Constitution, or any treaty, or statute of, or commission held or authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege, or immunity specially set up or claimed, by either party, under such Constitution, treaty, statute, commission, or authority, may be re-examined and reversed or affirmed in the Supreme Court upon a writ of...