The Supreme Court Reporter, 18. köideWest Publishing Company, 1899 |
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... construction , held that a provision in a contract for the carriage of cattle by rail- way , by which the railway company was not to be responsible for any loss or injury to the cattle " in the receiving , forwarding , or deliv- ering ...
... construction , held that a provision in a contract for the carriage of cattle by rail- way , by which the railway company was not to be responsible for any loss or injury to the cattle " in the receiving , forwarding , or deliv- ering ...
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... construction of the rail- road required ; that the grants , rights , and privileges specified in the act of congress were given and accepted subject to the conditions that the company would commence work with- in two years from the ...
... construction of the rail- road required ; that the grants , rights , and privileges specified in the act of congress were given and accepted subject to the conditions that the company would commence work with- in two years from the ...
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... construction thereof , including all nec- essary grounds for station buildings , work- shops , depots , machine shops , switches , side tracks , turntables and water stations , hereto- fore granted to the Atlantic and Pacific Rail- road ...
... construction thereof , including all nec- essary grounds for station buildings , work- shops , depots , machine shops , switches , side tracks , turntables and water stations , hereto- fore granted to the Atlantic and Pacific Rail- road ...
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... construction or pro- posed construction of any such line , the an- swer of the Southern Pacific Railroad Compa- ny denied that " on or about March , 1872 , the Atlantic & Pacific Company filed in the office of the commissioner of the ...
... construction or pro- posed construction of any such line , the an- swer of the Southern Pacific Railroad Compa- ny denied that " on or about March , 1872 , the Atlantic & Pacific Company filed in the office of the commissioner of the ...
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... construction there- of has been accepted and approved by the president of the United States , construction of the last mile of said road having been accepted by President Hayes on the 23d of January , 1878. " The Southern Pacific ...
... construction there- of has been accepted and approved by the president of the United States , construction of the last mile of said road having been accepted by President Hayes on the 23d of January , 1878. " The Southern Pacific ...
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Page 105 - ... in every such action the jury may give such damages as they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from such death to the parties respectively for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be brought...
Page 205 - ... every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said railroad line, as said company may adopt, through the Territories of the United States, and ten alternate sections of land per mile on each side of said railroad whenever it passes through any State, and whenever on the line thereof, the United States have full title, not reserved, sold, granted or otherwise appropriated, and free from preemption,...
Page 215 - ... as near as may be, to the practice, pleadings, aud forms and modes of proceeding existing at the time in like causes in the courts of record of the state within which such circuit or district courts are held, any rule of court to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 18 - The general principle announced in numerous cases is that a right, question or fact distinctly put in issue and directly determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, as a ground of recovery, cannot be disputed in a subsequent suit between, the same parties or their privies...
Page 228 - Nothing can call forth this court into activity but conscience, good faith, and reasonable diligence. Where these are wanting, the court is passive and does nothing. Laches and neglect are always discountenanced; and therefore from the beginning of this jurisdiction there was always a limitation to suits in this court.
Page 294 - Court, at any time after such suit has been brought or removed thereto, that such suit does not really and substantially involve a dispute or controversy properly within the jurisdiction of said Circuit Court...
Page 388 - The former naturally desire to obtain as much labor as possible from their employees, while the latter are often induced by the fear of discharge to conform to regulations which their judgment, fairly exercised, would pronounce to be detrimental to their health or strength. In other words, the proprietors lay down the rules and the laborers are practically constrained to obey them. In such cases self-interest is often an unsafe guide, and the legislature may properly interpose its authority.
Page 60 - But where the second action between the same parties is upon a different claim or demand, the judgment in the prior action operates as an estoppel only as to those matters in issue or points controverted, upon the determination of which the finding or verdict was rendered.
Page 389 - The taking, receiving, reserving, or charging a rate of interest greater than is allowed by the preceding section, when knowingly done, shall be deemed a forfeiture of the entire interest which the note, bill, or other evidence of debt carries with it, or which has been agreed to be paid thereon.
Page 416 - And in order to ascertain that value, the original cost of construction, the amount expended in permanent improvements, the amount and market value of its bonds and stock, the present as compared with the original cost of construction, the probable earning capacity of the property under particular rates prescribed by statute, and the sum required to meet operating expenses, are all matters for consideration, and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case. We do not say that...