The Public Regulation of RailwaysG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1889 - 281 σελίδες |
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... Carriers one of Contract Merely . Effect of Wars of Express Rates on Railway Charges and Earnings . - The Express Company the Means of Warfare between Rival Railroads . - The Case of the Express Companies before Congress and the ...
... Carriers one of Contract Merely . Effect of Wars of Express Rates on Railway Charges and Earnings . - The Express Company the Means of Warfare between Rival Railroads . - The Case of the Express Companies before Congress and the ...
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... and growing importance of the express busi- ness in the commerce of the country , and its intimate connection with the railway transportation system , calls for some discussion of the relations between carriers by express.
... and growing importance of the express busi- ness in the commerce of the country , and its intimate connection with the railway transportation system , calls for some discussion of the relations between carriers by express.
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Walter Davis Dabney. for some discussion of the relations between carriers by express and ordinary carriers by rail , in the discharge of their public functions . Accordingly a chapter will be devoted to that subject . CHARLOTTESVILLE ...
Walter Davis Dabney. for some discussion of the relations between carriers by express and ordinary carriers by rail , in the discharge of their public functions . Accordingly a chapter will be devoted to that subject . CHARLOTTESVILLE ...
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... carrier upon its own road has become so familiar , that it is somewhat difficult to realize fully the original conception of its function , as a highway upon which numerous carriers might compete for business . But there is no necessary ...
... carrier upon its own road has become so familiar , that it is somewhat difficult to realize fully the original conception of its function , as a highway upon which numerous carriers might compete for business . But there is no necessary ...
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... carriers the duty of interchange of traffic among themselves without discrimination or preference , and of that it was said : " If complaint was made of a violation of this pro- vision , application could be made to the courts for ...
... carriers the duty of interchange of traffic among themselves without discrimination or preference , and of that it was said : " If complaint was made of a violation of this pro- vision , application could be made to the courts for ...
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Σελίδα 209 - 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...
Σελίδα 209 - Act to charge and receive as great compensation for a shorter as for a longer distance; provided, however, that upon application to the Commission appointed under the provisions of this Act, such common carrier may, in special cases, after investigation by the Commission, be authorized to charge less for longer than for shorter distances for the transportation of passengers or property; and the Commission may from time to time prescribe the extent to which such designated common carrier may be relieved...
Σελίδα 210 - ... railroad, as defined by the first section of this act. The schedules printed as aforesaid by any such common carrier shall plainly state the places upon its railroad between which property and passengers will be carried, and shall contain the classification of freight in force...
Σελίδα 19 - Constitution protects, we find that when private property is "affected with a public interest, it ceases to be juris privati only.
Σελίδα 15 - Any association or corporation organized for the purpose shall have the right to construct and operate a railroad between any points within this State, and to connect at the State line with railroads of other States. 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 211 - Every common carrier subject to this Act shall also file with said Commission copies of all contracts, agreements, or arrangements with other common carriers in relation to any traffic affected by the provisions of this Act to which it may be a party.
Σελίδα 20 - In countries where the common law prevails, it has been customary from time immemorial for the legislature to declare what shall be a reasonable compensation under such circumstances, or, perhaps more properly speaking, to fix a maximum beyond which any charge made would be unreasonable.
Σελίδα 19 - From this it is apparent that, down to the time of the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment, it was not supposed that statutes regulating the use, or even the price of the use, of private property necessarily deprived an owner of his property without due process of law. Under some circumstances they may, but not under all. The amendment does not change the law in this particular: it simply prevents the States from doing that which will operate as such a deprivation.
Σελίδα 77 - Where a corporation like a railroad company has granted to it by charter a franchise intended in large measure to be exercised for the public good, the due performance of those functions being the consideration of the public grant, any contract which disables the corporation from performing those functions, which undertakes, without the consent of the state, to transfer to others the rights and powers conferred by the charter, and to relieve the grantees of the burden which it imposes, is a violation...
Σελίδα 263 - So long as the public are served to their reasonable satisfaction, it is a matter of no importance who serves them. The railroad company performs its whole duty to the public at large and to each individual when it affords the public all reasonable express accommodations.