Public Utilities Reports, Volume 4Henry Clifford Spurr, Ellsworth Nichols Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company, 1915 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... reasonable , discriminatory , or unjust , the evidence is rather meager . It appears that the rates charged by the Pennsylvania Railroad for the transportation of pulp wood are nowhere in the state less than the charges to the ...
... reasonable , discriminatory , or unjust , the evidence is rather meager . It appears that the rates charged by the Pennsylvania Railroad for the transportation of pulp wood are nowhere in the state less than the charges to the ...
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... reasonable and just . It is not the purpose of the Commission to attempt to designate specifically by any defined lines what is the kind of proof re- quired by the language of the statute , and perhaps it would be impossible to give any ...
... reasonable and just . It is not the purpose of the Commission to attempt to designate specifically by any defined lines what is the kind of proof re- quired by the language of the statute , and perhaps it would be impossible to give any ...
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... reasonable . The complaint will therefore be dismissed . PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION . IN RE EAST END ELECTRIC LIGHT , HEAT , & POWER COMPANY et al . [ Municipal Contract Docket Nos . 312 and 313 , 1914. ] - - Monopoly and ...
... reasonable . The complaint will therefore be dismissed . PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION . IN RE EAST END ELECTRIC LIGHT , HEAT , & POWER COMPANY et al . [ Municipal Contract Docket Nos . 312 and 313 , 1914. ] - - Monopoly and ...
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... reasonable divi- dend thereon . In promulgating rates to be charged on intrastate traffic , the state must be governed by what is just and reasonable as between the carrier and the public with respect to that traffic . Interstate ...
... reasonable divi- dend thereon . In promulgating rates to be charged on intrastate traffic , the state must be governed by what is just and reasonable as between the carrier and the public with respect to that traffic . Interstate ...
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... reasonable excuse , board trains without having purchased tickets , provided carriers have the right , under the law , to collect such excess fares ; since the primary object of charging train rates , in excess of ticket rates , is to ...
... reasonable excuse , board trains without having purchased tickets , provided carriers have the right , under the law , to collect such excess fares ; since the primary object of charging train rates , in excess of ticket rates , is to ...
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Page 126 - When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus cheated.
Page 1060 - ... a greater or less compensation for any service rendered, or to be rendered, in the transportation of passengers or property, subject to the provisions of this act, than it charges, demands, collects or receives from any other person or persons for doing for him or them a like and contemporaneous service in the transportation of a like kind of traffic under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, such common carrier shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrimination, which is hereby prohibited...
Page 126 - Looking, then, to the common law, from whence came the right which the Constitution protects, we find that when private property is "affected with a public interest, it ceases to be juris privati only.
Page 1059 - That if any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall, directly or indirectly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device, charge, demand, collect or receive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation...
Page 153 - ... but this shall not be construed as requiring any such common carrier to give the use of its tracks or terminal facilities to another carrier engaged in like business.
Page 1084 - Commission, it shall be its duty to make a report in writing in respect thereto, which shall state the conclusions of the Commission, together with its decision, order or requirement in the premises; and in case damages are awarded such report shall include the findings of fact on which the award is made.
Page 562 - Railways heretofore constructed or that may hereafter be constructed in* this State are hereby declared public highways, and shall be free to all persons for the transportation of their persons and property thereon, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law.
Page 1084 - States shall proceed in all respects like other civil suits for damages, except that on the trial of such suit the findings and order of the commission shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated...
Page 300 - Provided, however, That if the loss, damage, or injury complained of was due to delay or damage while being loaded or unloaded, or damaged in transit by carelessness or negligence, then no notice of claim nor filing of claim shall be required as a condition precedent to recovery.
Page 1089 - ... together with a reasonable counsel or attorney's fee, to be fixed by the court in every case of recovery, which attorney's fee shall be taxed and collected as part of the costs In the case.