| New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 1076 pages
...grants of franchises by the public to a private corporation the established rule of construction is that any ambiguity in the terms of the contract must operate against the corporation and in favor of the public. The corporation takes nothing that is not clearly given by... | |
| Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, Sir William Hodges - Law reports, digests, etc - 1836 - 508 pages
...The Canal having been made under the provisions of an Act of Pariiament, the rights of the plaintiffs are derived entirely from that act. This, like many...contract, must operate against the adventurers, and in favour of the public ; and the plaintiffs can claim nothing which is not clearly given to them by the... | |
| Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, Peregrine Bingham - Law reports, digests, etc - 1836 - 856 pages
...is a bargain between a company of adventurers and the public, the terms of which are expressed in a statute; and the rule of construction in all such...contract must operate against the adventurers, and in favour of the public ; and the plaintiffs can claim nothing which is not clearly given to them by the... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1837 - 696 pages
...the court say, " the canal having been made under an act of parliament, the rights of the plaintiffs are derived entirely from that act.- This, like many...contract, must operate against the adventurers, and in favour of the public, and the plaintiffs can claim nothing that is not clearly given them by the-act."... | |
| Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - Justices of the peace - 1838 - 818 pages
...considered as a bargain between the proprietors and the public, and that the rule of construction is, that any ambiguity in the terms of the contract must operate against the proprietors, and in favour of the public. Suppose the whole of the canal and the adjacent lands should... | |
| Canals - 1846 - 956 pages
...them and the public, the terms of which are expressed in the statute; and the rule of construction is, that any ambiguity in the terms of the contract must operate against the Company of adventurers, and in favour of the public. The proprietors, therefore, can claim nothing... | |
| Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Scott - Law reports, digests, etc - 1842 - 830 pages
..."The canal having been made under the provisions of an act of parliament, the rights of the plaintiffs are derived entirely from that act. This, like many...contract must operate against the adventurers and in favour of the public ; and the plaintiffs can claim nothing which is not clearly given to them by the... | |
| Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, James Manning, Thomas Colpitts Granger - Election law - 1842 - 1056 pages
...liberally construed. Lord TenCompany terden, in The Stout-bridge Canal Company v. Wheelcy(a}t says, "This, like many other cases, is a bargain between...contract must operate against the adventurers, and in favour of the public, and the plaintiffs can claim nothing which is not clearly given to them by the... | |
| Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, James Manning, Thomas Colpitts Granger - Election law - 1842 - 1050 pages
...liberally construed. Lord TenCompany terden, in The Sfow-bridge Canal Company v. Wheelcy(a), says, " This, like many other cases, is a bargain between...contract must operate against the adventurers, and in favour of the public, and the plaintiffs can claim nothing which is not clearly given to them by the... | |
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