A Treatise on the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854, and on the Law of Carriers as Affected Thereby; with an Appendix, Containing Copious Reports of the Principal Cases Decided on the ActW. Maxwell, 1859 - 58 pages |
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... Messrs . Prior , having due re- upon the cost gard to the circumstances , if any , which render of Carrying . the cost of the Company in carrying for one party less than the cost of carrying for the other . The court declined to say ...
... Messrs . Prior , having due re- upon the cost gard to the circumstances , if any , which render of Carrying . the cost of the Company in carrying for one party less than the cost of carrying for the other . The court declined to say ...
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... Messrs . Fletcher upon the Railway Company entering into an agreement that they would carry the coals of his tenants , Messrs . Fletcher , at a sum less than they charge the complainants for carrying coal from the same station . The ...
... Messrs . Fletcher upon the Railway Company entering into an agreement that they would carry the coals of his tenants , Messrs . Fletcher , at a sum less than they charge the complainants for carrying coal from the same station . The ...
Page iv
... Messrs . Uuthank and Mills for re- spondents . The same question arose , viz . , if a special contract was binding whether its conditions were reasonable or not . Chief - Justice JERVIS delivered judgment in both cases : It seems to me ...
... Messrs . Uuthank and Mills for re- spondents . The same question arose , viz . , if a special contract was binding whether its conditions were reasonable or not . Chief - Justice JERVIS delivered judgment in both cases : It seems to me ...
Page vi
... Messrs . the South Wales Railway Company . -In conformity to the above regulations with regard to the convey- ance of cattle and live stock , I request that 2 trucks may be ready at the Newport Station , in which I may load 33 cattle ...
... Messrs . the South Wales Railway Company . -In conformity to the above regulations with regard to the convey- ance of cattle and live stock , I request that 2 trucks may be ready at the Newport Station , in which I may load 33 cattle ...
Page xxvii
... Messrs . Prior ; secondly , to desist from charging the plaintiff more than is charged to those persons with whom the defendants have made private agreements ; thirdly , to desist from giving any undue advantage to Messrs . Prior . The ...
... Messrs . Prior ; secondly , to desist from charging the plaintiff more than is charged to those persons with whom the defendants have made private agreements ; thirdly , to desist from giving any undue advantage to Messrs . Prior . The ...
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18 Vict accommodation Act of Parliament advantage affidavits aforesaid alleged Barnstaple Baxendale Bristol C. J. COCKBURN Canal or Navigation Canal Traffic Act carriage of coals carrying coals Caterham cattle circumstances coal and coke collect and deliver collieries common carriers consignee conveyance conveyed cost Court or Judge damage declared defendants delivery distance Eastern Counties Eastern Counties Railway enacted enjoining Exch Forest of Dean forwarding ground horses Ipswich Kingston station Leeds liability London Lord Lonsdale loss or injury lower rate Mail Contractors Messrs Midland Railway miles Nine Elms Northern notice omnibus owner packed pany particular parties passengers Peterboro Pickford plaintiff Railway and Canal rate of charge reasonable receiving respect risk Ruabon Coal Company rule shew shewn South-Eastern Railway Companies special agreement special contract Stage Coach Proprietor statute Tolls trucks Twickenham station undue or unreasonable undue preference unloading Western R.C. Western Railway Company William Oxlade
Popular passages
Page xxvii - ... no such company shall make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to or in favour of any particular person or company, or any particular description of traffic, in any respect whatsoever...
Page lxxxiii - And be it further enacted, that this act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as such by all judges, justices, and others, without being specially pleaded.
Page lxxviii - ... being hereby declared to be null and void: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the said companies from making such conditions with respect to the receiving, forwarding, and delivering of any of the said animals, articles, goods, or things, as shall be adjudged by the court or judge before whom any question relating thereto shall be tried to be just and reasonable...
Page lxxvi - Railways or Canal or Railway and Canal Communication, or which have the Terminus, Station, or Wharf of the one near the Terminus Station, or Wharf of the other, shall afford all due and reasonable Facilities for receiving and forwarding all the traffic arriving by one of such Railways or Canals...
Page lxxvi - Every Railway Company, Canal Company, and Railway and Canal Company, shall, according to their respective Powers, afford all reasonable Facilities for the receiving and forwarding and delivering of Traffic...
Page 39 - ... terminus, station, or wharf of the other, shall afford all due and reasonable facilities for receiving and forwarding all the traffic arriving by one of such railways or canals by the other, without any unreasonable delay, and without any such preference or advantage, or prejudice or disadvantage, as aforesaid...
Page 19 - And whereas it is expedient that the company should be enabled to vary the tolls upon the railway so as to accommodate them to the circumstances of the traffic, but that such power of varying should not be used for the purpose of prejudicing or favouring particular parties, or for the purpose of collusively and unfairly creating a monopoly, either in the hands of the company or of particular parties...
Page xix - Provided also, that no special contract between such company and any other parties respecting the receiving, forwarding, or delivering of any animals, articles, goods, or things as aforesaid shall be binding upon or affect any such party unless the same be signed by him or by the person delivering such animals, articles, goods, or things respectively for carriage...
Page lxxvii - ... carrier or other person shall fail to obey such injunction or other proper process, mandatory or otherwise; and...
Page 14 - Pounds; unless the Person sending or delivering the same to such Company shall, at the Time of such Delivery, have declared them to be respectively of higher Value than as above mentioned ; in which Case it shall be lawful for such Company to demand and receive by way of Compensation for the increased Risk and Care thereby occasioned...