 | Iowa. Board of Railroad Commissioners - Public utilities - 1899 - 348 pages
...rates established by or for it are such as may be rightfully prescribed as between It and the public. A railroad Is a public highway, and none the less...function of the state. Its authority to exercise the rie:ht of eminent domain and to charge tolls was given primarily for the benefit of the public. It... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1899 - 986 pages
...rates established by or for It are such as may be rightfully prescribed as between It and the public. A railroad is a public highway, and none the less...authority to exercise the right of eminent domain and to oharsre tolls was given primarily for the benefit of die puhlie. It is under governmental control,... | |
 | United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - Interstate commerce - 1922 - 1070 pages
...United States in the well-known case of Smyth v. Ames, 169 US, 466, held, as indicated by the syllabus : A railroad is a public highway, and none the less...given primarily for the benefit of the public. It is, therefore, under governmental control — subject, of course, to the constitutional guarantees for... | |
 | United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - Interstate commerce - 1927 - 1002 pages
...fair value " rule this statement in Smyth v. Ames, supra, at page 544, should never be forgotten : A railroad is a public highway, and none the less...was given primarily for the benefit of the public. More recently, in Dayton-Goose Creek Ry. v. US, supra, at page 481, this idea was expressed as follows... | |
 | United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - Interstate commerce - 1921 - 826 pages
...US, 466, held, as indicated by the syllabus : A railroad is a public highway, and none the less BO because constructed and maintained through the agency...given primarily for the benefit of the public. It Is, therefore, under governmental control — subject, of course, to the constitutional guarantees for... | |
 | United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - Interstate commerce - 1927 - 992 pages
...fair value " rule this statement in Smyth v. Ames, supra, at page 544, should never be forgotten : A railroad is a public highway, and none the less so because constructed aud maintained through the agency of a corporation deriving its existence and powers from the State.... | |
 | Iowa State Commerce Commission - Public utilities - 1899 - 348 pages
...rates established by or for It are such as may be rightfully prescribed as between it and the public. A railroad Is a public highway, and none the less...given primarily for the benefit of the public. It is therefore under government control, subject, of course, to the constitutional guaranties for the protection... | |
 | Edward Webster Bemis - Monopolies - 1899 - 722 pages
...rates established by or for it are such as may be rightly prescribed as between it and the public. A railroad is a public highway, and none the less...for public purposes. It performs a function of the Stale. Its authority to exercise the right of eminent domain and to charge tolls was given primarily... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1899 - 868 pages
...for public purposes and performed a function of the State, and that its right to exercise the power of eminent domain and to charge tolls was given primarily for the benefit of the public, this court said : " It cannot, therefore, be admitted that a railroad corporation maintaining a highway... | |
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A railroad is a public highway, and none the less so because constructed and maintained through the agency of a corporation deriving its existence and powers from the State. Such a corporation was created for public purposes. It performs a function of... 
