The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All the Railroad Cases in the Courts of Last Resort in America and EnglandLawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson Edward Thompson Company, 1883 Covers cases decided [1879?]-1895. |
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... refused to answer . He was also required to produce the books of his company , which he declined to do . The circuit court for the northern district of California was thereupon . applied to for an order upon Stanford , to show cause why ...
... refused to answer . He was also required to produce the books of his company , which he declined to do . The circuit court for the northern district of California was thereupon . applied to for an order upon Stanford , to show cause why ...
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... refused to accept freight at all on through bills , thus compelling shippers to attend at Brewsters , the point of connection , to transfer and rebill their goods . This was plainly a charge not only of a discrimination in rates , but ...
... refused to accept freight at all on through bills , thus compelling shippers to attend at Brewsters , the point of connection , to transfer and rebill their goods . This was plainly a charge not only of a discrimination in rates , but ...
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... refused quite as much in one way as in the other , and both grounds of complaint relate to the subject - matter of physical interchange and prosecution of traffic instead of to a discrimination in rates . To refuse altogether to receive ...
... refused quite as much in one way as in the other , and both grounds of complaint relate to the subject - matter of physical interchange and prosecution of traffic instead of to a discrimination in rates . To refuse altogether to receive ...
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... refused to pay him any comparative compensation for such extra labor in addition to the sum of $ 2.10 , which he offered to pay him in full for his labor on that day ; and , on the refusal of the complainant to receive this sum , the ...
... refused to pay him any comparative compensation for such extra labor in addition to the sum of $ 2.10 , which he offered to pay him in full for his labor on that day ; and , on the refusal of the complainant to receive this sum , the ...
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... refused obedience to it before the deci- sion was made . And what is true of an act void in toto is true also as to any part of an act which is found to be unconstitu- tional , and which , consequently , is to be regarded as having ...
... refused obedience to it before the deci- sion was made . And what is true of an act void in toto is true also as to any part of an act which is found to be unconstitu- tional , and which , consequently , is to be regarded as having ...
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Страница 337 - Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall, according to their respective powers, afford all reasonable, proper, and equal facilities for the interchange of traffic between their respective lines, and for the receiving, forwarding, and delivering of passengers and property to and from their several lines and those connecting therewith, and shall not discriminate in their rates and charges between such connecting lines; but this shall not be construed as requiring any such common...
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Страница 338 - If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States in any manner or for any purpose...
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Страница 337 - ... required to be done, such common carrier shall be liable to the person or persons injured thereby for the full amount of damages sustained in consequence of any such violation of the provisions of this act...
Страница 683 - It is not intended to say that these words comprehend that commerce which is completely internal, which is carried on between man and man in a state, or between different parts of the same state, and which does not extend to or affect other states. Such a power would be inconvenient, and is certainly unnecessary. Comprehensive as the word among is, it may very properly be restricted to that commerce which concerns more states than one.
Страница 514 - The general rule, resulting from considerations as well of justice as of policy, is, that he who engages in the employment of another for the performance of specified duties and services, for compensation, takes upon himself the natural and ordinary risks and perils incident to the performance of such services, and in legal presumption, the compensation is adjusted accordingly.
Страница 640 - Pacific coast, and to secure the safe and speedy transportation of the mails, troops, munitions of war, and public stores over the route of said line of railway, 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...