Cases Relating to Railways and Canals: Argued and Adjudged in the Courts of Law and Equity: 1835 to [1854], 7. köideHenry Iltid Nicholl, Thomas Hare, John Monson Carrow, Lionel Oliver, Edward Beavan, Thomas Edward Preston Lefroy A. Maxwell, 1855 |
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... powers granted to the Company , and does not affect their obligations . It was argued , that one of their powers was to take the land , and that this power is gone ; but the answer to that argument is , that they have actually taken the ...
... powers granted to the Company , and does not affect their obligations . It was argued , that one of their powers was to take the land , and that this power is gone ; but the answer to that argument is , that they have actually taken the ...
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... powers of the Company to take the land ceased . Up to that time the plaintiffs had no notice whatever , but that the defend- ants might insist on the contract ; because , up to that time they had the power of making the Railway ; and it ...
... powers of the Company to take the land ceased . Up to that time the plaintiffs had no notice whatever , but that the defend- ants might insist on the contract ; because , up to that time they had the power of making the Railway ; and it ...
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... power to lease their proposed line to the Great West- ern Railway Company . The Act passed , containing powers to lease and sell the new line to the Great Western Railway Company , and under it the Railway was to be made in all respects ...
... power to lease their proposed line to the Great West- ern Railway Company . The Act passed , containing powers to lease and sell the new line to the Great Western Railway Company , and under it the Railway was to be made in all respects ...
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... powers have been given to the Great Western Railway Company with reference to the other Company , but those powers are all defined . They are to have the right of taking a very large quantity ( about 750,000l . worth ) of shares . They ...
... powers have been given to the Great Western Railway Company with reference to the other Company , but those powers are all defined . They are to have the right of taking a very large quantity ( about 750,000l . worth ) of shares . They ...
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... powers of the Company to take land compulsorily had not ceased when the notice to take was given , the Com- pany were not precluded , by the subsequent expiration of those powers , from entering and completing possession of the land ...
... powers of the Company to take land compulsorily had not ceased when the notice to take was given , the Com- pany were not precluded , by the subsequent expiration of those powers , from entering and completing possession of the land ...
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Page 526 - With respect to any contract which, if made between private persons, would be by law required to be in writing, and signed by the parties to be charged therewith...
Page 722 - Also sufficient posts, rails, hedges, ditches, mounds, or other fences for separating the land taken for the use of the railway from the adjoining lands not taken, and protecting such lands from trespass, or the cattle of the owners or occupiers thereof from straying thereout, by reason of the railway...
Page 454 - ... defendants, in an action on the case, for the use and occupation of what was so held or enjoyed ; and if in evidence on the trial of such action any parol demise or any agreement (not being by deed,) whereon a certain rent was reserved, shall appear, the plaintiff in such action shall not therefore be nonsuited, but may make use thereof as an evidence of the Quantum of the damages to be recovered.
Page 799 - Act authorised to be taken, either upon the whole or upon any particular portions of the railway, as they shall think fit : Provided that all such tolls be at all times charged equally to all persons, and after the same rate, whether per ton per mile or . otherwise, in respect of all passengers and of...
Page 809 - Provided always, that no such execution shall issue against any shareholder except upon an order of the court in which the action, suit, or other proceeding shall have been brought or instituted, made upon motion in open court after sufficient notice in writing to the persons sought to be charged ; and upon such motion such court may order execution to issue accordingly...
Page 631 - ... carriage road, horse road, tramroad, or railway, either public or private, so as to render it impassable for or dangerous or extraordinarily inconvenient to passengers or carriages, or to the persons entitled to the use thereof, the company shall, before the commencement of any such operations, cause a sufficient road to be made instead of the road to be interfered with, and shall at their own expense maintain such substituted road in a state as convenient for passengers and carriages as the...
Page 809 - If any execution, either at law or in equity, shall have been issued against the property or effects of the company, and if there cannot be found sufficient whereon to levy such execution, then such execution may be issued against any of the shareholders to the extent of their chara respectively in the capital of the company not then paid up...
Page 438 - Every person who shall have subscribed the prescribed sum, or upwards, to the capital of the company, or shall otherwise have become entitled to a share in the company, and whose name shall have been entered on the register of shareholders hereinafter mentioned, shall be deemed a shareholder of the company.
Page 465 - I am glad to fasten myself in some measure on his great authority, and say that, when I look upon these Acts of Parliament, I regard them all in the light of contracts made by the Legislature, on behalf of every person interested in anything to be done under them ; and I have no hesitation in asserting that, unless that principle is applied in construing statutes of this description, they become instruments of greater oppression than any thing in the whole system of administration under our constitution.
Page 279 - Where in any Place it is intended to carry the Railway on an Arch or Arches or other Viaduct, as marked on the said Plan or Section, the same shall be made accordingly; and where a Tunnel is marked on the said Plan or Section as intended to be made at any Place, the same shall be made accordingly, unless the Owners, Lessees, and Occupiers of the Land in which such Tunnel is intended to be made shall consent that the same shall not be so made.