United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ... and Rules Announced at ..., Volume 183United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1902 |
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Page 72
... liable to taxation , the same as that of individuals , but it was not necessarily to be sub- jected to taxation . Since overruled in Adams v . Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad , 77 Mississippi , 194 . ( 3. ) That any legislative act ...
... liable to taxation , the same as that of individuals , but it was not necessarily to be sub- jected to taxation . Since overruled in Adams v . Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad , 77 Mississippi , 194 . ( 3. ) That any legislative act ...
Page 73
... liability to be taxed , but permissive to the legislature to tax the property of such cor- porations , or exempt it , as it may see proper , in common with the property of individuals , which may be taxed or not for the time being ...
... liability to be taxed , but permissive to the legislature to tax the property of such cor- porations , or exempt it , as it may see proper , in common with the property of individuals , which may be taxed or not for the time being ...
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... liability is threatened take the chances of the construction of a doubtful statute ? If the one construction is placed upon it , then obviously , even accepting the largest estimate of value placed by any witness upon the property of ...
... liability is threatened take the chances of the construction of a doubtful statute ? If the one construction is placed upon it , then obviously , even accepting the largest estimate of value placed by any witness upon the property of ...
Page 125
... liability as owner . The note remains unpaid , although two small payments on account have been made by the assignee of the maker since the assignment . It is part of the statement agreed upon that the original shares of stock were ...
... liability as owner . The note remains unpaid , although two small payments on account have been made by the assignee of the maker since the assignment . It is part of the statement agreed upon that the original shares of stock were ...
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... liability which those laws impose will attend the transaction of such business . THIS was an action to enforce a personal liability of stock- holders . It was commenced in a justice's court of Los Angeles city , Los Angeles County ...
... liability which those laws impose will attend the transaction of such business . THIS was an action to enforce a personal liability of stock- holders . It was commenced in a justice's court of Los Angeles city , Los Angeles County ...
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Page 89 - What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return upon the value of that which it employs for the public convenience. On the other hand, what the public is entitled to demand is that no more be exacted from it for the use of a public highway than the services rendered by it are reasonably worth.
Page 135 - In case the greater rate of Interest has been paid, the person by whom It has been paid, or his legal representatives, may recover back, In an action in the nature of an action of debt, twice the amount of the Interest thus paid from the association taking or receiving the same: Provided such action Is commenced within two years from the time the usurious transaction occurred.
Page 281 - Whenever any person or corporation shall exercise a power of appointment derived from any disposition of property made either before or after the passage of this act, such appointment when made shall be deemed a transfer taxable under the provisions of this act in the same manner as though the property to which such appointment relates belonged absolutely to the donee of such power and had been bequeathed or devised by such donee by will...
Page 312 - This policy is made and accepted subject to the foregoing stipulations and conditions, together with such other provisions, agreements or conditions as may be indorsed hereon or added hereto, and no officer, agent or other representative of this company shall have power to waive any provision or condition of this policy...
Page 214 - That all levies, judgments, attachments, or other liens, obtained through legal proceedings against a person who is insolvent, at any time within four months prior to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy against him, shall be deemed null and void in case he is adjudged a bankrupt...
Page 315 - This entire policy, unless otherwise provided by agreement indorsed hereon or added hereto, shall be void if the insured now has, or shall hereafter make or procure, any other contract of insurance, whether valid or not, on property covered, in whole or in part, by this policy.
Page 315 - ... no officer, agent, or representative shall have such power or be deemed or held to have waived such provisions or conditions unless such waiver, if any, shall be written upon or attached hereto, nor shall any privilege or permission affecting the insurance under this policy exist or be claimed by the insured unless so written or attached.
Page 528 - The general principle announced in numerous cases is that a right, question or fact distinctly put in issue and directly determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, as a ground of recovery, cannot be disputed in a subsequent suit between the same partes or their privies; and even if the second suit is for a different cause of action, the right, question or fact once so determined must, as between the same parties or their privies, be taken as conclusively established, so long as the judgment...
Page 134 - The taking, receiving, reserving, or charging a rate of interest greater than is allowed by the preceding section, when knowingly done, shall be deemed a forfeiture of the entire interest which the note, bill, or other evidence of debt carries with it, or which has been agreed to be paid thereon.
Page 318 - When parties have deliberately put their engagements into writing, in such terms as import a legal obligation, without any uncertainty as to the object or extent of such engagement, it is conclusively presumed that the whole engagement of the parties, and the extent and manner of their undertaking was reduced to writing...