The Federal Reporter, Volum 89West Publishing Company, 1899 Includes cases argued and determined in the District Courts of the United States and, Mar./May 1880-Oct./Nov. 1912, the Circuit Courts of the United States; Sept./Dec. 1891-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Circuit Courts of Appeals of the United States; Aug./Oct. 1911-Jan./Feb. 1914, the Commerce Court of the United States; Sept./Oct. 1919-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. |
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... Railway Company , a corporation of the state of Virginia , became the purchaser . Upon the report of sale , it was confirmed , and by a formal order of the court the purchaser was made a party to the cause . Under the order of the court ...
... Railway Company , a corporation of the state of Virginia , became the purchaser . Upon the report of sale , it was confirmed , and by a formal order of the court the purchaser was made a party to the cause . Under the order of the court ...
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... Railway Company to operate and use its road . The bill then charges that several other purchases of railroads in North Carolina made by the Southern Railway Company are null and void , and that this last - named company is insolvent in ...
... Railway Company to operate and use its road . The bill then charges that several other purchases of railroads in North Carolina made by the Southern Railway Company are null and void , and that this last - named company is insolvent in ...
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... Railway went into pos- session , and during its operation of the road . The decree was entered , and bound the corporation and its stockholders . There can be no question that the circuit court had jurisdiction of the cause . There is ...
... Railway went into pos- session , and during its operation of the road . The decree was entered , and bound the corporation and its stockholders . There can be no question that the circuit court had jurisdiction of the cause . There is ...
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... Railway Company of the property and franchises of the Western North Carolina Railroad Company is null and void . This court , without question , follows the decisions of the supreme court of North Carolina in the construction of the ...
... Railway Company of the property and franchises of the Western North Carolina Railroad Company is null and void . This court , without question , follows the decisions of the supreme court of North Carolina in the construction of the ...
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... Railway Company , as to all the rest of the world , was the owner of this property ; and , as to the Central Trust Company , it has assumed the payment of the debt due to it . It has been urged that the purchaser , the Southern Railway ...
... Railway Company , as to all the rest of the world , was the owner of this property ; and , as to the Central Trust Company , it has assumed the payment of the debt due to it . It has been urged that the purchaser , the Southern Railway ...
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Side 149 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Side 557 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Side 557 - ... and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed ; but whenever any person, in the construction of any ditch or canal, injures or damages the possession of any settler on the public domain, the party committing such injury or damage shall be liable to the party injured for such injury or damage.
Side 282 - What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return upon the value of that which it employs for the public convenience. On the other hand, what the public is entitled to demand is that no more be exacted from it for the use of a public highway than the services rendered by it are reasonably worth.
Side xl - States, for the payment of which, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, by these presents.
Side 145 - ... shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall pay a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both, at the discretion of the court...
Side 476 - in all cases where a remedy is provided, or duty enjoined, or anything directed to be done by any act or acts of assembly of this commonwealth, the directions of the said acts shall be strictly pursued...
Side 59 - The policy of the law has relegated the determination of such questions to the jury, under proper instructions from the court It is their province to note the special circumstances and surroundings of each particular case and then say whether the conduct of the parties in that case was such as would be expected of reasonable, prudent men, under a similar state of affairs.
Side 512 - The seat of judicial authority is, indeed, locally here, in the belligerent country, according to the known law and practice of nations ; but the law itself has no locality. It is the duty of the person who sits here to determine this question exactly as he would determine the same question if sitting at Stockholm...
Side 557 - All patents granted, or pre-emption or homesteads allowed, shall be subject to any vested and accrued water rights, or rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights, as may have been acquired under or recognized by the preceding section.