American Railroad and Corporation Reports: Being a Collection of the Current Decisions of the Courts of Last Resort in the United States Pertaining to Railroad and Corporation Law, Volume 1John Lewis E.B. Myers, 1890 - Corporation law |
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... recover damages for the frustration of this right through the parent's death from injuries occasioned by the negligence of an individual or a body corpo- rate . The act which now affords a remedy for such deprivations , and under which ...
... recover damages for the frustration of this right through the parent's death from injuries occasioned by the negligence of an individual or a body corpo- rate . The act which now affords a remedy for such deprivations , and under which ...
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... recover from the defendant $ 1,244.85 , the damages by the jury in their verdict assessed , with the interest thereon from the 28th day of May , 1887 , until payment , and also his costs about his suit expended . SNYDER , P. , and ...
... recover from the defendant $ 1,244.85 , the damages by the jury in their verdict assessed , with the interest thereon from the 28th day of May , 1887 , until payment , and also his costs about his suit expended . SNYDER , P. , and ...
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... recover the amount of such depreciation . 9. THE QUESTION OF INTERFERENCE IS ONE OF FACT FOR THE JURY . In an action against a railway corporation to recover damages in consequence of its locating and constructing its road upon certain ...
... recover the amount of such depreciation . 9. THE QUESTION OF INTERFERENCE IS ONE OF FACT FOR THE JURY . In an action against a railway corporation to recover damages in consequence of its locating and constructing its road upon certain ...
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... recover damages from the respondent in con- sequence of its building and operating the street railway complained of , under the circumstances and in the manner in which it was constructed and used . There seem to be two views upon the ...
... recover damages from the respondent in con- sequence of its building and operating the street railway complained of , under the circumstances and in the manner in which it was constructed and used . There seem to be two views upon the ...
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... recover damages for a loss or inconvenience resulting from an improvement of streets by the public authorities having charge of such matters . In the latter case , the authorities have an undoubted right to alter or establish the grade ...
... recover damages for a loss or inconvenience resulting from an improvement of streets by the public authorities having charge of such matters . In the latter case , the authorities have an undoubted right to alter or establish the grade ...
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Page 497 - THIS INDENTURE, made this day of , in the year One thousand, nine hundred and , between of , the party of the first part...
Page 577 - ... the general assembly shall provide, by general laws, for the organization of all corporations hereafter to be created.
Page 103 - The use of all water now appropriated, or that may hereafter be appropriated for sale, rental or distribution, is hereby declared to be a public use, and subject to the regulation and control of the State, in the manner to be prescribed by law...
Page 759 - Municipal and other corporations and individuals invested with the privilege of taking private property for public use, shall make just compensation for property taken, injured, or destroyed by the construction or enlargement of their works, highways, or improvements, which compensation shall be paid or secured before such taking, injury, or destruction.
Page 163 - 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.
Page 735 - State, subject only to the two restrictions, that the taxation shall not be at a greater rate than is assessed upon other moneyed capital in the hands of individual citizens of such State, and that the shares of any national banking association owned by non-residents of any State shall be taxed in the city or town where the bank is located, and not elsewhere.
Page 575 - It is perhaps correct .to say that public policy is that principle of law which holds that no person can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good...
Page 475 - The carrier and his customer do not stand on a footing of equality. The latter is only one individual of a million. He cannot afford to higgle or stand out and seek redress in the courts. His business will not admit such a course. He prefers, rather, to accept any bill of lading, or sign any paper the carrier presents; often, indeed, without knowing what the one or the other contains. In most cases, he has no alternative but to do this, or abandon his business.
Page 676 - The inquiry in such cases must be what is the property worth in the market, viewed not merely with reference to the uses to which it is at the time applied, but with reference to the uses to which it is plainly adapted; that is to say, what is it worth from its availability for valuable uses.
Page 782 - To do all acts and make all regulations which may be necessary and expedient for the preservation of health, or the suppression of disease...