| United States. Industrial Commission - 1900 - 1044 sider
...understood by it. In discussing the basis of the valuation of the property of a railroad it said : "What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return...that which it employs for the public convenience." . And that statement is followed by the court with the further statement that — " In order to ascertain... | |
| 1900 - 140 sider
...value of the property of railroads. In the case of Smyth v. Ames (USR, 169), after stating that "what a company is entitled to ask is a fair return upon the...that which it employs for the public convenience," the Supreme Court adds that "in order to ascertain that value the original cost of construction, the... | |
| National Association of Railway Commissioners (U.S.). Annual Convention - 1904 - 110 sider
...all matters for consideration, and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case. What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return...that which it employs for the public convenience; and on the other hand what the public is entitled to demand is that no more be exacted from it for... | |
| 1904 - 1080 sider
...benefited? In the language of Justice Harían, when defining the rights of a public service company: "What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return...that which it employs for the public convenience." ' This "fair return" will, perhaps, pay the interest on the bonds of the corporation, though some of... | |
| Henry Hulbert Ingersoll - 1904 - 806 sider
...corporations, have given utterance to the following rules for determining what is reasonable regulation: "What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return upon the value of that which it employs for public convenBudd, 117 NY 1, 22 NE 670, 5 LRA 559, 15 Am. St. Rep. 460; Munn v. People, 69 1ll. 80;... | |
| 1904 - 654 sider
...may not be other matters to be regarded in estimating the value of the property. What the comp&nfjte entitled to ask is a fair return upon the value of that which it employs forthe public convenience. On the other hand, what the public is entitled to demand is that no more... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce - 1905 - 322 sider
...are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case. \Ve do not say that there may n--t be other matters to be regarded in estimating the...return upon the value of that which it employs for thepub"lic convenience. On the other hand, what the public is entitled to demand is that no more be... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce - 1905 - 778 sider
...say that there may not lie other matters to be regarded in estimating the value of the propery. Wlmt the company is entitled to ask is a fair return upon...it employs for the public convenience. On the other Imiicl, what the public Is entitled to demand Is that no more be exacted from it for the use of a public... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce - 1905 - 322 sider
...there may n 't be other atters to be regarded in estimating the vahif of the property. What the company entitled to ask is a fair return upon the value of that which it employs tor the pub: convenience. On the other hand, what the public is entitled to demand is that ) more be... | |
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