The Law of Railways: Embracing Corporations, Eminent Domain, Contracts, Common Carriers of Goods and Passengers, Constitutional Law, Investments, &c., Ec., Telegraph Companies, Volume 1Little, Brown,, 1867 - Railroad law |
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... road , it will not release sub- scribers . 197 197 , 198 , 200 6. But if subscriptions are made upon condition of a particular location , it must be complied with 8 , 9. Consideration of subscription , being location of road , must be ...
... road , it will not release sub- scribers . 197 197 , 198 , 200 6. But if subscriptions are made upon condition of a particular location , it must be complied with 8 , 9. Consideration of subscription , being location of road , must be ...
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... road crossings 16. Railway companies not responsible for injury to cattle by defect of fence about yard 17. Case of horse escaping through defect of fence 18. It must appear the injury occurred through default of company 19. Cattle ...
... road crossings 16. Railway companies not responsible for injury to cattle by defect of fence about yard 17. Case of horse escaping through defect of fence 18. It must appear the injury occurred through default of company 19. Cattle ...
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... ROADS . 1. Where the act requires broad gauge , does not prohibit mixed gauge 2. Permission to unite with other road , signifies a road de facto . 3. Equity will sometimes enjoin company against changing gauge 4. Contract to make gauge ...
... ROADS . 1. Where the act requires broad gauge , does not prohibit mixed gauge 2. Permission to unite with other road , signifies a road de facto . 3. Equity will sometimes enjoin company against changing gauge 4. Contract to make gauge ...
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... Road Co. v . Dorset Railw . v . Great North'n Railw . 62 , Bank of Augusta v . Earle of Columbia v . Patterson of Commonwealth v . Curry 124 of Manchester v . Allen 70 of Metropolis v . Guttschlick 410 of Middlebury v . Edgerton 254 162 ...
... Road Co. v . Dorset Railw . v . Great North'n Railw . 62 , Bank of Augusta v . Earle of Columbia v . Patterson of Commonwealth v . Curry 124 of Manchester v . Allen 70 of Metropolis v . Guttschlick 410 of Middlebury v . Edgerton 254 162 ...
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... road over their track . The contract stipulated that such viaducts should be of the same width as the road at that point , which was fifty feet . The charter only required them to be of the width of fifteen feet , and the company having ...
... road over their track . The contract stipulated that such viaducts should be of the same width as the road at that point , which was fifty feet . The charter only required them to be of the width of fifteen feet , and the company having ...
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Page 58 - It is very true that a corporation can have no legal existence out of the boundaries of the sovereignty by which it is created. It exists only in contemplation of law, and by force of the law ; and where that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no existence. It must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty.
Page 459 - We think that the true rule of law is that the person who, for his own purposes, brings on his land and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril; and if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape.
Page 459 - ... likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril, and, if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape. He can excuse himself by showing that the escape was owing to the plaintiff's default ; or perhaps that the escape was the consequence of vis major, or the act of God ; but as nothing of this sort exists here, it is unnecessary to inquire what excuse would be sufficient.
Page 463 - The reason he gave for his judgment was because it was the defendant's wall, and the defendant's filth, and he was bound of common right to keep his wall so as his filth might not damnify his...
Page 60 - As a member of a corporation, a government never exercises its sovereignty. It acts merely as a corporator, and exercises no other power in the management of the affairs of the corporation, than are expressly given by the incorporating act.
Page 537 - In case any passenger on any railroad shall be injured while on the platform of a car, or on any baggage, wood, or freight car, in violation of the printed regulations of the company posted up at the time in a conspicuous place inside of its passenger cars then in the train, such company shall not be liable for the injury ; provided said company at the time furnished room inside its passenger cars sufficient for the proper accommodation of the passengers.
Page 129 - To fall within the exception therefore, of repugnancy, the incident must be such as if expressed in the written contract, would make it insensible or inconsistent.
Page 300 - ... although from his proximity to the obstructed way, or otherwise, from his more frequent occasion to use it he may suffer in a greater degree than others, still he cannot have an action, because it would cause such a multiplicity of suits as to be itself an intolerable evil.
Page 459 - ... them, to provide for the sufficiency of the reservoir with reference to these shafts. The consequence was that the reservoir when filled with water burst into the shafts, the water flowed down through them into the old workings, and thence into the plaintiff's mine, and there did the mischief.
Page 459 - ... persons employed by them in the course of the work became aware of the existence of the ancient shafts filled up with soil, though they did not know or suspect that they were shafts communicating with old workings. It is found that the defendants, personally, were free from all blame, but that in fact proper care and skill was not used by the persons employed by them to provide for the sufficiency of the reservoir with reference to these shafts. The consequence was that the reservoir when filled...