 | Railroad Commission of Ohio - 1908 - 578 sider
...is entitled to ask a fair return upon the value qf its capital; and the public is entitled to demand that no more be exacted from it for the use of a public highway than the services rendered by the carrier are reasonably worth. There is no science in rate making, or anything approaching a scientific... | |
 | Slason Thompson - 1908 - 212 sider
...and the Supreme Court of the United States has declared that a railway company “is entitled to ask a fair return upon the value of that which it employs for the public convenience.” Furthermore, it has decided that: “In order to ascertain that value, the original cost of construction,... | |
 | Edward Beauchamp Peirce, United States. Courts - 1908 - 1232 sider
...CARRIER SHALL 00. TAKE UNREMU.NEltATIVE COMMODITY, In general. 94. The carrier is entitled to earn a fair return upon the value of that which it employs for the public convenience.— Smyth v. Arnés, 169 US 466, 42 L. Ed. 819, 18 Sup. Ct. Rep. 418; Central Yellow Pine Assn. v. Illinois... | |
 | Slason Thompson - 1908 - 200 sider
...and the Supreme Court of the United States has declared that a railway company "is entitled to ask a fair return upon the value of that which it employs for the public convenience." Furthermore, it has decided that: "In order to ascertain that value, the original cost of construction,... | |
 | Harry Turner Newcomb - 1908 - 36 sider
...1898. Continuing, the Court thus defined the lawful relations between the companies and the public : "What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return upon that which it employs for the public convenience. On the other hand, what the public is entitled to... | |
 | Harry Turner Newcomb - 1908 - 36 sider
...RATES. Continuing, the Court thus defined the lawful relations between the companies and the public : "What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return upon that which it employs for the public convenience. On the other hand, what the public is entitled to... | |
 | Massachusetts. Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners - 1909 - 580 sider
...public in the words of the deci(Smith v. Ames, 169 US 466) upon which the company rests this claim : — What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return...entitled to demand is that no more be exacted from it ... than the services rendered for it are reasonably worth. Both the company and the petitioners rested... | |
 | Oklahoma Corporation Commission - 1910 - 1070 sider
...not say that there may not be other matters to be regarded in estimating the value of the property. What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return...the services rendered by it are reasonably worth." It is unnecessary to analyze the evidence in this case. There was, however, a contention on the part... | |
 | 1911 - 460 sider
...not say that there may not be other matters to be regarded in estimating the value of the property. What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return...the services rendered by it are reasonably worth.' "Here we have a clear declaration that a corporation performing a public service cannot be required... | |
 | Illinois. General Assembly. House of Representatives - 1911 - 1710 sider
...not say that there may not be other matters to be regarded in estimating the value of the property. What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return...the services rendered by it are reasonably worth." Where different rates were prescribed for railroads on the upper and lower paninsulas of Michigan this... | |
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the Supreme Court said: 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... 
