A Digest of the Reported Decisions of the Courts of the United States of America, and Great Britain and Her Colonies, Relating to the Rights and Liabilities of Gas Companies: Together with Extracts from the Statutes of the Various United States Concerning Gas Companies |
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... consent of certain local commissioners , which consent was obtained and the pipes duly laid . The powers held by said commissioners were afterwards transferred to the defendants . The consumption of gas increased , and plaintiffs ...
... consent of certain local commissioners , which consent was obtained and the pipes duly laid . The powers held by said commissioners were afterwards transferred to the defendants . The consumption of gas increased , and plaintiffs ...
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... consent of the city government was obtained . On an application for an injunction by the plaintiffs , who are taxpayers of the city , to pre- vent the defendants from doing anything under this charter , on the ground that the act of ...
... consent of the city government was obtained . On an application for an injunction by the plaintiffs , who are taxpayers of the city , to pre- vent the defendants from doing anything under this charter , on the ground that the act of ...
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... consent of the city council was obtained , and the city council , by contract , gave such consent and granted the exclusive privilege of using such streets for twenty - five years for such purpose ; but on an information in the nature ...
... consent of the city council was obtained , and the city council , by contract , gave such consent and granted the exclusive privilege of using such streets for twenty - five years for such purpose ; but on an information in the nature ...
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... consent has affixed for use in its business a telegraph wire to the said chimney , which made it unsafe and finally caused it to fall upon a passer - by . Gray v . Boston Gas - Light Co. , 114 Mass . 149 ( 1873 ) . See TRESPASS ...
... consent has affixed for use in its business a telegraph wire to the said chimney , which made it unsafe and finally caused it to fall upon a passer - by . Gray v . Boston Gas - Light Co. , 114 Mass . 149 ( 1873 ) . See TRESPASS ...
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... consent of the various occupants of the houses , severed the plaintiffs ' pipe from their main , and used such pipe to supply their own gas . The plaintiffs brought this action for an injunction and damages , and it was held that the ...
... consent of the various occupants of the houses , severed the plaintiffs ' pipe from their main , and used such pipe to supply their own gas . The plaintiffs brought this action for an injunction and damages , and it was held that the ...
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act of Parliament action for damages action to recover aforesaid amount ASSUMPSIT authorized capital stock caused certificate chap charter Coke Co contract Contributory Negligence corporation court debts defendants directors dollars duties easement escape of gas ESTOPPEL evidence explosion of gas franchise furnish gas Gas Co gas company gas fixtures gas furnished Gas Light gas or water gas supplied Gas-Light & Coke gas-light company gas-meters gas-works held highway illuminating gas incorporated injunction inspection inspector jury lay gas-pipes lay pipes leak liable Light & Coke main pipe mandamus manufacture meter municipal N. Y. Supreme Norwich City notice nuisance ordinance Orleans owner paid pany payment person plaintiff premises price of gas privileges purpose quo warranto real estate recover damages refusal to supply service pipe STATUTES stockholders streets subscribed supply gas supply of gas thereof tion Ultra Vires village water or gas
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Page 243 - ... shall be jointly and severally liable for all the debts of the company then existing, and for all that shall be thereafter contracted...
Page 257 - ... shall be appointed for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years, and one for five years.
Page 228 - Each subscriber to such articles of association shall subscribe thereto his name, place of residence and the number of shares he agrees to take in said company.
Page 242 - ... of capital, and of the proportion actually paid in, and the amount of its existing debts...
Page 241 - ... when any vacancy shall happen among the trustees, by death, resignation or otherwise, it shall be filled for the remainder of the year in such manner as may be provided for by the by-laws of the said company.
Page 228 - On compliance with the provisions of the next section, such articles of association may be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, who shall indorse thereon the day they are filed, and record the same in a book to be provided by him for that purpose ; and thereupon the persons who have so subscribed such articles of association...
Page 241 - All elections shall be by ballot, and each stockholder shall be entitled to as many votes as he owns shares of stock...
Page 233 - If any certificate or report made, or public notice given, by the officers of any such company, in pursuance of the provisions of this act. shall be false in any material representation, all the officers who shall have signed the same, knowing it to be false, shall be jointly and severally liable for all the debts of the company contracted while they are stockholders or officers thereof.
Page 232 - That all the stockholders incorporated under this act shall be severally individually liable to the creditors of the company in which they are stockholders to an amount equal to the amount of stock held by them respectively...
Page 271 - ... or any engine, machine or structure, or any matter or thing appertaining to the same, shall be stopped, obstructed, impaired, weakened, injured or destroyed, the person or persons so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and...