Relief of Certain Claimants who Sufferd Loss by Fire in Minnesota During October, 1918, Hearing ..., on S.2667 ..., Dec 21, 19321932 - 145 pages |
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50 per cent agreed Alborn amount ARNOLD attorneys Baldwin bill Brookston burned district Carlton County CHAIRMAN city of Cloquet Committee on Claims compromise conflagration Congress County courts of Minnesota damage DAVIS decision determined director district court dollar Duluth equity fact fair fire claimants fire claims fire set fire started fire sufferers five judges Governor of Minnesota Governor Preus HOLMES J. A. O. PREUS Judge Cant Judge Dancer judgment jury Koochiching County lawyers legal liability litigation Louis County matter McCool ment milepost 62 miles Minn Minnesota fire Minnesota Supreme Court Moose Lake Northern October October 12 offer paid payment percentage PITTENGER plaintiff post 62 proposition Railroad Administration railroad fire record representing Senator BAILEY Senator Kellogg Senator LOGAN Senator STEIWER settle settlement situation statement stipulation submitted Supreme Court territory testimony tion trial tried United States Railroad verdict witnesses YETKA
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Page 41 - Any person who charges or collects, or attempts to charge or collect, either directly or indirectly, any fee or other compensation for assisting in any manner a veteran...
Page 91 - MR. DAVIS: The supreme court has to-day affirmed the district court of St. Louis County in the case of Philip Hall v. James C. Davis, as agent of the President under the transportation act. The supreme court found the defendant responsible for the destruction of property in the fires of October, 1918. When Senator Kellogg and I had a conference with you in Washington...
Page 49 - ... detail, the Railroad Administration, with due respect to the decisions of the courts of Minnesota, and in spite of those decisions, still believes that, as a matter of fairness and in fact, it is not liable for the destruction of that city, and that the forest fires in Minnesota in the fall of 1918 would have occurred to the same extent and with the same destructiveness if there had been no railroads located in that State. The Railroad Administration still retains the view that the liability...
Page 48 - Hon. JAMES C. DAVIS, Director General of Railroads, Washington, DC MY DEAR MR. DAVIS : The supreme court has to-day affirmed the district court of St. Louis County in the case of Philip Hall v. James C. Davis, as agent of the President under the transportation act. The supreme court found tne defendant responsible for the destruction of property in the fires of October, 1918.
Page 41 - ... under this act, shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Page 41 - SEC. 2. No payment under the provisions of this act shall be made unless an application therefor is filed with the Secretary of the Treasury by or on behalf of the person entitled to payment within two years after the date of the enactment of this act. All applications shall be referred to the United States Railroad Administration for investigation and adjustment, and payment shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance therewith. " SEC. 3. The words " person " and
Page 139 - Of course, you gentlemen know that I made a written proposition. I said : ' Gentlemen, this is the best I can do ; take it or leave it.' If they preferred to take 50 per cent in cash, I did not deprive them of any legal right. They had their choice. If that is coercion, there was coercion.
Page 64 - The committee will stand adjourned until 2:30. (Whereupon, at 12 o'clock m., the committee took a recess until 2:30 o'clock pm) AFTER RECESS The committee reconvened, at the expiration of the recess, at 2.30 o'clock pm The CHAIRMAN. The committee will please come to order.
Page 41 - That no person who makes claim under this Act by virtue of having acquired and succeeded to the rights of the original claimant through purchase and assignment, from said claimant of said claim, shall receive more than the amount actually paid for such claim and assignment.