The Cornell Law Quarterly, Volume 4Cornell University, College of Law, 1919 - Electronic journals The Cornell Law Quarterly's contents are topical and intended to be of special relevance to to those practicing law in New York State. |
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... fixed date the mortgagee , having possession of the land , could appropriate the annual profits to his own use , and so gain compensation for his money loan . This was an exceedingly convenient way of getting usury . It needed only that ...
... fixed date the mortgagee , having possession of the land , could appropriate the annual profits to his own use , and so gain compensation for his money loan . This was an exceedingly convenient way of getting usury . It needed only that ...
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... fix rates , on a sound , scientific and flexible basis ; that the more numerous are the agencies of rate reduction , the less likely are rates to continue excessive , was the concept of that heyday of regulation . Then came the war and ...
... fix rates , on a sound , scientific and flexible basis ; that the more numerous are the agencies of rate reduction , the less likely are rates to continue excessive , was the concept of that heyday of regulation . Then came the war and ...
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... undertaken to confer upon the Public Service Commission power to increase the street railroad rate fixed in the franchises granted by t the City of Rochester under the authority of Section 18 of PUBLIC UTILITY RATES 21.
... undertaken to confer upon the Public Service Commission power to increase the street railroad rate fixed in the franchises granted by t the City of Rochester under the authority of Section 18 of PUBLIC UTILITY RATES 21.
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... fixed by municipal action under the constitutional authorization would not be deemed to have been intended to be ... fix a higher rate , and the commission was proceeding to hold hearings to that end . The commission for the second ...
... fixed by municipal action under the constitutional authorization would not be deemed to have been intended to be ... fix a higher rate , and the commission was proceeding to hold hearings to that end . The commission for the second ...
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... fixed by statute . " Although the legislature , in framing Section 49 , sub - division 1 , of the Public Service Commissions Law , used language which specifically and in terms delegated power to decrease a rate below the maximum fixed ...
... fixed by statute . " Although the legislature , in framing Section 49 , sub - division 1 , of the Public Service Commissions Law , used language which specifically and in terms delegated power to decrease a rate below the maximum fixed ...
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Page 84 - Future estates are either vested or contingent. They are vested, when there is a person in being, who would have an immediate right to the possession of the lands, upon the ceasing of the intermediate or precedent estate.
Page 45 - 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 47 - Where a negotiable instrument is materially altered without the assent of all parties liable thereon, it is avoided, except as against a party who has himself made, authorized or assented to the alteration, and subsequent indorsers.
Page 148 - Commentaries remarks, that this law of Nature being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries and at all times; no human laws are of any validity if contrary to this, and such of them as are valid, derive all their force, and all their validity, and all their authority, mediately and immediately, from this original...
Page 192 - ally of enemy," as used herein, shall be deemed to mean — (a) Any individual, partnership, or other body of individuals, of any nationality, resident within the territory (including that occupied by the military and naval forces) of any nation...
Page 44 - A holder in due course holds the instrument free from any defect of title of prior parties, and free from defences available to prior parties among themselves, and may enforce payment of the instrument for the full amount thereof against all parties liable thereon.
Page 192 - Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to authorize the prosecution of any suit or action at law or in equity in any court within the United States by an enemy or ally of enemy prior to the end of the war, except as provided in section ten hereof...
Page 45 - ... per annum; and such interest may be taken in advance, reckoning the days for which the note, bill or evidence of debt has to run.
Page 75 - Where the goods are bought by description from a seller who deals in goods of that description (whether he be the grower or manufacturer or not), there is an implied warranty that the goods shall be of merchantable quality.
Page 74 - Where the buyer, expressly or by implication, makes known to the seller the particular purpose for which the goods are required...