| James Parker Hall - 1914 - 528 sider
...must daily pass, the community have a right to insist, in the language of this court above quoted, "that its abandonment ought not to be presumed in...purpose of the state to abandon it does not appear." The continued existence of a government would be of no great value, if by implications and presumptions... | |
| William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich - 1914 - 1318 sider
...equivalent. If there is reasonable doubt, it must be resolved in favor of the existence of the power. Its abandonment ought not to be presumed in a case...deliberate purpose of the state to abandon it does not appear,7 and therefore exemption from future general legislation either by a constitutional provision... | |
| Eugene Wambaugh - 1915 - 1106 sider
...it; that a consideration sufficiently valuable to induce a partial release of it may not exist : but as the whole community is interested in retaining...purpose of the state to abandon it does not appear. The plaintiffs would give to this charter the same construction as if it contained a clause exempting... | |
| 1915 - 1306 sider
...words of Chief Justice Marshall in Providence Bank v. Billings, 4 Pet. 514, 561, 7 L. ed. Ö39, 955, 'Its abandonment ought not to be presumed in a case...purpose of the state to abandon it does not appear.' " A franchise which contains no stipulations as to rates to be charged for gas to be furnished to the... | |
| United States - 1916 - 1266 sider
...is essential to the existence of government, are truths which it cannot be necessary to reaffirm." "As the whole community is interested in retaining...purpose of the state to abandon it does not appear." " We must look for the exemption in the language of the instrument ; and if we do not find it there,... | |
| Puerto Rico. Supreme Court - 1916 - 958 sider
...is essential to the existence of government; are truths which it cannot be necessary to reaffirm.' 'As the whole community is interested in retaining...purpose of the State to abandon it does not appear.' 'We must look for the exemption in the language of the instrument ; and if we do not find it there,... | |
| Montana. Supreme Court - 1916 - 752 sider
...of Chief Justice Marshall in Providence v. Billings, 4 Pet. (US) 514, at page 561 (7 L. Ed. 939) : 'Its abandonment ought not to be presumed in a case...purpose of the state to abandon it does not appear.' This rule is elementary, and the cases in our reports where it has been considered and applied are... | |
| Hannis Taylor - 1917 - 1038 sider
...it; that a consideration sufficiently valuable to induce a partial release of it may not exist ; but as the whole community is interested in retaining...purpose of the state to abandon it does not appear." Unless its intention to do so has been declared in positive and unmistakable terms, the legislature... | |
| Henry Clifford Spurr, Ellsworth Nichols - 1917 - 1278 sider
...States said : "It would seem that the relinquishment of such a power is never to be assumed . . . but as the whole community is interested in retaining...purpose of the state to abandon it does not appear." In the case of Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge, 11 Pet. 420, 547, 9 L. ed. 773, 824, the same... | |
| Colorado. Supreme Court - 1918 - 656 sider
...Providenee Bank v. Billings, 4 Pet. 514, 561, 7 L. Ed. 939, 238 DENVER Co. v. ENGLEWOOD. [62 Colo. 955, ' Its abandonment ought not to be presumed in a case...purpose of the state to abandon it does not appear.' " In the well considered case of Benwood v. Public Service Commission, 75 W. Va. 127, 83 SE 295, and... | |
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