Annual Report of the Illinois State Bar AssociationThe Association, 1887 - Bar associations |
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Page 36
... roads might have been much paralyzed for a time . Such has been the case in respect to some railroads controlled at the time by the Federal courts in this circuit , and in other circuits , in which cases those courts have exercised ...
... roads might have been much paralyzed for a time . Such has been the case in respect to some railroads controlled at the time by the Federal courts in this circuit , and in other circuits , in which cases those courts have exercised ...
Page 101
... roads or of accomplishing other legitimate corporate purposes . To hold that such a company can not , in good faith , issue its stocks or bonds for ready money to build its road , or to effectuate other lawful objects , is , in effect ...
... roads or of accomplishing other legitimate corporate purposes . To hold that such a company can not , in good faith , issue its stocks or bonds for ready money to build its road , or to effectuate other lawful objects , is , in effect ...
Page 41
... road bed to be as complete in every respect as it is possible to make it so ; also of the superstruction ; the rails to be made of the best steel in the most approved form , and by the best workman- ship ; the cars to be constructed and ...
... road bed to be as complete in every respect as it is possible to make it so ; also of the superstruction ; the rails to be made of the best steel in the most approved form , and by the best workman- ship ; the cars to be constructed and ...
Page 42
... roads up to perfection . Congress has not yet pre- scribed any certain remedy by statute by which an employé engaged in the inter- state commerce shall receive just compensation for injuries received in the faith- ful discharge of his ...
... roads up to perfection . Congress has not yet pre- scribed any certain remedy by statute by which an employé engaged in the inter- state commerce shall receive just compensation for injuries received in the faith- ful discharge of his ...
Page 52
... roads , the wagon - roads in that State were not excelled by those of any other State in the Union , and that after all a good " pike " was about as good as a railroad . If we are to proceed upon a similar theory in regard to ...
... roads , the wagon - roads in that State were not excelled by those of any other State in the Union , and that after all a good " pike " was about as good as a railroad . If we are to proceed upon a similar theory in regard to ...
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Page 64 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. That is, some books are to. be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Page 100 - 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.
Page 25 - ... the seal affixed to said instrument is the corporate seal of said corporation (or association), and that...
Page 100 - are nothing more or less than the powers of government inherent in every sovereignty, * * * that is to say * * * the power to govern men and things.
Page 41 - This power, like all others vested in congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the constitution.
Page 100 - When one becomes a member of society, he necessarily parts with some rights or privileges which, as an individual not affected by his relations to others, he might retain. "A body politic...
Page 100 - In their exercise it has been customary in England from time immemorial, and in this country from its first colonization, to regulate ferries, common carriers, hackmen, bakers, millers, wharfingers, innkeepers, etc., and in so doing to fix a maximum of charge to be made for services rendered, accommodations furnished, and articles sold.
Page 72 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Page 33 - If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.