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, 1884 Covers cases decided [1879?]-1895. |
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Σελίδα 9
... injury , on any por- tion of its line within the limits of the State , give notice of the same to the railroad commissioners , who , upon receiving such notice , or upon public rumor of such accident , may repair or dis- patch one or ...
... injury , on any por- tion of its line within the limits of the State , give notice of the same to the railroad commissioners , who , upon receiving such notice , or upon public rumor of such accident , may repair or dis- patch one or ...
Σελίδα 25
... injury may be small , but it is none the less direct , and not at all incidental , because it is only slight . And , as the circuit judge well remarked at the argument , if Tennessee may control the rates for inter - State commerce ...
... injury may be small , but it is none the less direct , and not at all incidental , because it is only slight . And , as the circuit judge well remarked at the argument , if Tennessee may control the rates for inter - State commerce ...
Σελίδα 73
... injury to the plaintiff . The defendants filed exceptions to the bills for impertinence which were heard and submitted at the same time with the motions for the injunctions . They are numerous and include a large portion of the ...
... injury to the plaintiff . The defendants filed exceptions to the bills for impertinence which were heard and submitted at the same time with the motions for the injunctions . They are numerous and include a large portion of the ...
Σελίδα 88
... injury of the " general freight- ing business " of the lessee ; that the plaintiff is transporting over said road as " express matter " large quantities of merchandise not properly belonging to the business of carriers by express , for ...
... injury of the " general freight- ing business " of the lessee ; that the plaintiff is transporting over said road as " express matter " large quantities of merchandise not properly belonging to the business of carriers by express , for ...
Σελίδα 91
... injury to the defendant , but a benefit . 66 Under the arrangement between the plaintiff and defendant , the former is entitled to carry 8000 pounds of either " freight " or express matter , " if there is any difference between them ...
... injury to the defendant , but a benefit . 66 Under the arrangement between the plaintiff and defendant , the former is entitled to carry 8000 pounds of either " freight " or express matter , " if there is any difference between them ...
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Σελίδα 259 - Every action must be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest, except that an executor or administrator, a trustee of an express trust...
Σελίδα 65 - And the General Assembly shall, from time to time, pass laws establishing reasonable maximum rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freight on the different railroads in this State.
Σελίδα 526 - That the Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all controversies of a civil nature, where a State is a party, except between a State and its citizens ; and except, also, between a State and citizens of other States, or aliens, in which latter case it shall have original, but not exclusive jurisdiction.
Σελίδα 57 - Every railroad company shall have the right with its road to intersect, connect with, or cross any other railroad; and shall receive and transport each the other's passengers, tonnage and cars, loaded or empty, without delay or discrimination.
Σελίδα 531 - That the Circuit Courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of two thousand dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Σελίδα 144 - The court said there must be reasonable evidence of negligence; but where the thing is shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants, and the accident is such as, in the ordinary course of things, does not happen if those who have the management use proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendant, that the accident arose from want of care.
Σελίδα 523 - An action is an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice, by which a party prosecutes another party for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence. § 3. Every other remedy is a special proceeding.
Σελίδα 667 - The obligation of a contract is "the law which binds the parties to perform their agreement." Sturges v. Crowninshield, 4 Wheat. 122, 197; Story, op. cit., § 1378. This Court has said that "the laws which subsist at the time and place of the making of a contract, and where it is to be performed, enter into and form a part of it, as if they were expressly referred to or incorporated in its terms. This principle embraces alike those which affect its validity, construction, discharge and enforcement.
Σελίδα 559 - no suit, either at law or in equity, shall be maintainable in any court between an assignee in bankruptcy and a person claiming an adverse interest, touching any property or rights of property transferable to or vested in *such assignee, unless brought within two years from the time when the cause of action accrued for or against such assignee.
Σελίδα 34 - Commerce with foreign countries, and among the States, strictly considered, consists in intercourse and traffic, including in these terms navigation, and the transportation and transit of persons and property, as well as the purchase, sale, and exchange of commodities.