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... line in the same direction , when the latter include the former . In the " San Bernardino " case , however , the Court , while not criticising the conclu- sions of the Commission as to matters of law , declared that the facts were ...
... line in the same direction , when the latter include the former . In the " San Bernardino " case , however , the Court , while not criticising the conclu- sions of the Commission as to matters of law , declared that the facts were ...
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... lines that it hoped would force the carriers to appeal to it for relief . There seems to be ample justification , not only in the case to which it was applied , but in most of these cases , for the observation of the Su- preme Court ...
... lines that it hoped would force the carriers to appeal to it for relief . There seems to be ample justification , not only in the case to which it was applied , but in most of these cases , for the observation of the Su- preme Court ...
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... lines were physically connected , and de- manded that such traffic be delivered at one or the other of its four freight yards in the city of Louisville . The com- plaint was brought by the Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Company for the ...
... lines were physically connected , and de- manded that such traffic be delivered at one or the other of its four freight yards in the city of Louisville . The com- plaint was brought by the Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Company for the ...
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... line or lines , and those connecting therewith , ' and does this without discrimination in its rates and charges as between such connecting lines . At petitioner's Seventh street and Magnolia avenue connec- tion neither respondent nor ...
... line or lines , and those connecting therewith , ' and does this without discrimination in its rates and charges as between such connecting lines . At petitioner's Seventh street and Magnolia avenue connec- tion neither respondent nor ...
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... lines at its Ninth and Broadway yard and depot ? * * * " It is perfectly manifest from the location of the said Seventh street and Magnolia connection , and from the lack of all suitable and proper accommodations there for con- ducting ...
... lines at its Ninth and Broadway yard and depot ? * * * " It is perfectly manifest from the location of the said Seventh street and Magnolia connection , and from the lack of all suitable and proper accommodations there for con- ducting ...
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Page 199 - Provided, however, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or property, or to the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of property, wholly within one State, and not shipped to or from a foreign country from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid.
Page 199 - America in congress assembled, that the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Page 202 - That any person, firm, corporation, company, or association, or any mercantile, agricultural, or manufacturing society or other organization, or any body politic or municipal organization, or any common carrier, complaining of anything done or omitted to be done by any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act, in contravention of the provisions thereof...
Page 108 - Any person and any officer or agent of any corporation or company wh'o shall deliver property for transportation to any common carrier, subject to the provisions of this act, or for whom as consignor or consignee any such carrier shall transport property, who shall knowingly and willfully, by false billing, false classification, false weighing, false representation of the contents of the package, or false report of weight...
Page 200 - All charges made for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers or property as aforesaid, or in connection therewith, or for the receiving, delivering, storage, ol handling of such property, shall be reasonable and just; and every unjust and unreasonable charge for such service is prohibited and declared to be unlawful.
Page 119 - The power to prescribe a tariff of rates for carriage by a common carrier is a legislative and not an administrative or judicial function, and, having respect to the large amount of property invested in railroads, the various companies engaged therein, the thousands of miles of road, and the millions of tons of freight carried, the varying and diverse conditions attaching to such carriage, is a power of supreme delicacy and importance.
Page 201 - 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...
Page 202 - Commission to such common carrier, who shall be called upon to satisfy the complaint or to answer the same in writing within a reasonable time, to be specified by the Commission. If such common carrier, within the time specified, shall make reparation for the injury alleged to have been done, said carrier shall be relieved of liability to the complainant only for the particular violation of law thus complained of.
Page 202 - Territory, at the request of such commissioner or commission, and may institute any inquiry on its own motion in the same manner and to the same effect as though complaint had been made. No complaint shall at any time be dismissed because of the absence of direct damage to the complainant.
Page 199 - railroad" as used in this Act shall include all bridges and ferries used or operated in connection with any railroad, and also all the road in use by any corporation operating a railroad, whether owned or operated under a contract, agreement, or lease ; and the term " transportation " shall include all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage.