 Wheely and others, the court say, "the canal having been made under an Act of Parliament, the rights of the plaintiffs are derived entirely from that Act. This, like many other cases, is a bargain between a company of adventurers and the public, the terms...  The Federal Reporter - Σελίδα 6121891Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1909 - 1076 σελίδες
...grants of franchises by the public to a private corporation the established rule of construction is that any ambiguity in the terms of the contract must operate against the corporation and in favor of the public. The corporation takes nothing that is not clearly given by... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, Sir William Hodges - 1836 - 508 σελίδες
...The Canal having been made under the provisions of an Act of Pariiament, the rights of the plaintiffs are derived entirely from that act. This, like many...contract, must operate against the adventurers, and in favour of the public ; and the plaintiffs can claim nothing which is not clearly given to them by the... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, Peregrine Bingham - 1836 - 856 σελίδες
...is a bargain between a company of adventurers and the public, the terms of which are expressed in a statute; and the rule of construction in all such...contract must operate against the adventurers, and in favour of the public ; and the plaintiffs can claim nothing which is not clearly given to them by the... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1837 - 696 σελίδες
...the court say, " the canal having been made under an act of parliament, the rights of the plaintiffs are derived entirely from that act.- This, like many...contract, must operate against the adventurers, and in favour of the public, and the plaintiffs can claim nothing that is not clearly given them by the-act."... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - 1838 - 818 σελίδες
...considered as a bargain between the proprietors and the public, and that the rule of construction is, that any ambiguity in the terms of the contract must operate against the proprietors, and in favour of the public. Suppose the whole of the canal and the adjacent lands should... | |
 | 1846 - 956 σελίδες
...them and the public, the terms of which are expressed in the statute; and the rule of construction is, that any ambiguity in the terms of the contract must operate against the Company of adventurers, and in favour of the public. The proprietors, therefore, can claim nothing... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Scott - 1842 - 830 σελίδες
..."The canal having been made under the provisions of an act of parliament, the rights of the plaintiffs are derived entirely from that act. This, like many...contract must operate against the adventurers and in favour of the public ; and the plaintiffs can claim nothing which is not clearly given to them by the... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, James Manning, Thomas Colpitts Granger - 1842 - 1050 σελίδες
...liberally construed. Lord TenCompany terden, in The Sfow-bridge Canal Company v. Wheelcy(a), says, " This, like many other cases, is a bargain between...contract must operate against the adventurers, and in favour of the public, and the plaintiffs can claim nothing which is not clearly given to them by the... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, James Manning, Thomas Colpitts Granger - 1842 - 1056 σελίδες
...liberally construed. Lord TenCompany terden, in The Stout-bridge Canal Company v. Wheelcy(a}t says, "This, like many other cases, is a bargain between...contract must operate against the adventurers, and in favour of the public, and the plaintiffs can claim nothing which is not clearly given to them by the... | |
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