A Treatise on the Law of Railways, Volume 1 |
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... Valid assessment a bar to further assessment .. 443 XXVI . The company entitled to damages for right of way for county road .... CHAPTER XIII . 444 TAXATION TO BUILD RAILROADS . SECTION I. Taxation to build railroads as public works of ...
... Valid assessment a bar to further assessment .. 443 XXVI . The company entitled to damages for right of way for county road .... CHAPTER XIII . 444 TAXATION TO BUILD RAILROADS . SECTION I. Taxation to build railroads as public works of ...
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... valid against his assignee ... V. Domestic railroad corporations are subject to the state insolvent laws ..... 886 887 VI . Consolidation with foreign corporation ......... 887 Stockholders of insolvent company liable for un- paid stock ...
... valid against his assignee ... V. Domestic railroad corporations are subject to the state insolvent laws ..... 886 887 VI . Consolidation with foreign corporation ......... 887 Stockholders of insolvent company liable for un- paid stock ...
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... valid ) ; Buffalo & N. York R. R. Co. v . Dudley , 14 N. Y. ( 4 Kernan ) 336 ; Saydam v . Moore , 8 Barbour , ( N.Y. ) 358 ; The State , The In Morris & Essex R. R. Co. Prosecutors , v . Miller , 1 Vroom , ( N. J. ) 368 ; State v ...
... valid ) ; Buffalo & N. York R. R. Co. v . Dudley , 14 N. Y. ( 4 Kernan ) 336 ; Saydam v . Moore , 8 Barbour , ( N.Y. ) 358 ; The State , The In Morris & Essex R. R. Co. Prosecutors , v . Miller , 1 Vroom , ( N. J. ) 368 ; State v ...
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... valid requiring a railroad company to make expensive changes , consisting of the erection of bridges and con- struction of a connecting track , and change of crossing accommo- dations at railroad crossings . ' In The Commonwealth v ...
... valid requiring a railroad company to make expensive changes , consisting of the erection of bridges and con- struction of a connecting track , and change of crossing accommo- dations at railroad crossings . ' In The Commonwealth v ...
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... valid . And see , also , McNeil v . Chicago City Ry . Co. , 61 Ill . 150 , 12 Am . Ry . Rep . 457 , where it was held the effect of a certain ordinance extending the time of completion of the road , was to the act of incorporation ...
... valid . And see , also , McNeil v . Chicago City Ry . Co. , 61 Ill . 150 , 12 Am . Ry . Rep . 457 , where it was held the effect of a certain ordinance extending the time of completion of the road , was to the act of incorporation ...
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Page 426 - Private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation first being made, or secured to be made to the owner thereof, as soon as the damages shall be assessed by a jury, who shall not take into consideration any advantages that may result to said owner on account of the improvement for which it is taken.
Page 28 - A street is made for the passage of persons and property ; and the law cannot define what exclusive means of transportation and passage shall be used. Universal experience shows that this can best be left to the determination of the municipal authorities, who are supposed to be best acquainted with the wants and necessities of the citizens generally. To say that a new mode of passage shall be banished from the streets, no matter how much the general good may require it, simply because streets were...
Page 681 - Company"; and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and to be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity within the United States...
Page 21 - York of 1828, chap. 18, tit. 3, it was enacted that "the charter of every corporation that shall hereafter be granted by the legislature shall be subject to alteration, suspension, and repeal, in the discretion of the legislature.
Page 16 - Corporations may be formed under general laws, but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes.
Page 546 - ... nor to authorize the construction of any railroad not already located in, upon or across any streets in any city, without the assent of the corporation of such city.
Page 171 - The General Assembly shall provide that the benefits of the University, as far as practicable, be extended to the youth of the State free of expense for tuition; also that all the property which has heretofore accrued to the State or shall hereafter accrue from escheats, unclaimed dividends or distributive shares of the estates of deceased persons, shall be appropriated to the use of the University.
Page 4 - That railroads, though constructed by private corporations and owned by them, are public highways, has been the doctrine of nearly all the courts ever since such conveniences for passage and transportation have had any existence. Very early the question arose whether a State's right of eminent domain could be exercised by a private corporation created for the purpose of constructing a railroad. Clearly it could not, unless taking land for such a purpose by such an agency is taking land for public...
Page 284 - ... individuals and corporate bodies have been authorized to take private property for the purpose of making public highways, turnpike roads, and canals; of erecting and constructing wharves and basins ; of establishing ferries ; of draining swamps and marshes; and of bringing water to cities and villages.
Page 284 - But if the public interest can be in any way promoted by the taking of private property, it must rest in the wisdom of the legislature to determine whether the benefit to the public will be of sufficient importance to render it expedient for them to exercise the right of eminent domain, and to authorize an interference with the private rights of individuals for that purpose (2 Kent's Com.