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... relating to interstate Statements and comments are based upon actual analysis and in large part upon ana- lytical tables of charters and laws enacted in the various states . These tables present so many typographical difficulties that ...
... relating to interstate Statements and comments are based upon actual analysis and in large part upon ana- lytical tables of charters and laws enacted in the various states . These tables present so many typographical difficulties that ...
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... relating to railways found on our statute books , although in a single instance reference was made in a charter to a general law granted as early as 1808 . This was an exception to a rule which was ex- ceedingly general . In a number of ...
... relating to railways found on our statute books , although in a single instance reference was made in a charter to a general law granted as early as 1808 . This was an exception to a rule which was ex- ceedingly general . In a number of ...
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... relating to all railways within the com- monwealth in which such laws were enacted . The early general laws usually related to some specific point ; such as sign boards , fences , right of way , and the ringing of bells . Gradually the ...
... relating to all railways within the com- monwealth in which such laws were enacted . The early general laws usually related to some specific point ; such as sign boards , fences , right of way , and the ringing of bells . Gradually the ...
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... relating to railways with reference to which laws have been enacted which is not treated the same way in the law , whether it applies to an important trunk line or to a relatively unimpor- tant local road . In other words , our laws do ...
... relating to railways with reference to which laws have been enacted which is not treated the same way in the law , whether it applies to an important trunk line or to a relatively unimpor- tant local road . In other words , our laws do ...
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... relating to railway traffic , yet for the sake of clearness and uni- formity definitions should be incorporated in our laws . At present such definitions are found only incidentally in decisions of courts and of commis- sions . In the ...
... relating to railway traffic , yet for the sake of clearness and uni- formity definitions should be incorporated in our laws . At present such definitions are found only incidentally in decisions of courts and of commis- sions . In the ...
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Page 292 - Commission (and produce books and papers if so ordered) and give evidence touching the matter in question ; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Page 291 - ... keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted, and shall have the right to obtain from such common carriers full and complete information necessary to enable the Commission to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it was created...
Page 281 - 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 288 - Act required to be done, such common carrier shall be liable to the person or persons injured thereby for the full amount of damages sustained in consequence of any such violation...
Page 292 - Such attendance of witnesses, and the production of such documentary evidence, may be required from any place in the United States, at any designated place of hearing.
Page 291 - ... the date of the taking effect of this Act, the term of each to be designated by the President, but their successors shall be appointed for terms of seven years, except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the commissioner whom he shall succeed.
Page 189 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence and affect the community at large. 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 created. He may withdraw his grant by discontinuing the use; but, so long as he maintains the use, he...
Page 230 - An Act to regulate commerce," approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, or of any amendment thereof, on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him, may tend to criminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture. But no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing, concerning which he may testify, or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise,...
Page 307 - An act [to amend an act entitled an act] to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes, approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Page 301 - That nothing in this act shall prevent the carriage, storage, or handling of property free or at reduced rates for the United States, State, or municipal governments...