A Treatise on the Law of Railroads, Volume 1Boston Book Company, 1885 - 1953 páginas |
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... Individuals may build When . Any person may build a railroad upon his own land , or even upon the land of others , with their consent , and may operate the same by steam or any other power he pleases ; but he does so at his peril , and ...
... Individuals may build When . Any person may build a railroad upon his own land , or even upon the land of others , with their consent , and may operate the same by steam or any other power he pleases ; but he does so at his peril , and ...
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... individual , within the scope of the powers conferred upon it by the law which gives it the right to exist . It is composed of one or more persons constituting , under a particular name , one artificial person , without a soul , but ...
... individual , within the scope of the powers conferred upon it by the law which gives it the right to exist . It is composed of one or more persons constituting , under a particular name , one artificial person , without a soul , but ...
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... individual in his own name , or by an aggregation of individuals under a firm name ; and to accomplish this result a corporation has a legal identity and liability entirely distinct from , and independent of , the persons or other ...
... individual in his own name , or by an aggregation of individuals under a firm name ; and to accomplish this result a corporation has a legal identity and liability entirely distinct from , and independent of , the persons or other ...
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... individual , it continues to be a private corporation , and the powers of the legislature over it are restricted ... individuals who sustain special injury therefrom , and affords good grounds for a withdrawal of its franchises by the ...
... individual , it continues to be a private corporation , and the powers of the legislature over it are restricted ... individuals who sustain special injury therefrom , and affords good grounds for a withdrawal of its franchises by the ...
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... individuals , the plea of nul tiel corporation is set up to defeat a liability which he may have contracted with the other , and the case of a suit against individuals who claimed exemption from individual liability on the ground of ...
... individuals , the plea of nul tiel corporation is set up to defeat a liability which he may have contracted with the other , and the case of a suit against individuals who claimed exemption from individual liability on the ground of ...
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Página 578 - Whatever subjects of this power are in their nature national, or admit only of one uniform system, or plan of regulation, may justly be said to be of such a nature as to require exclusive legislation by Congress.
Página 6 - Among the most important are immortality, and if the expression may be allowed, individuality; properties by which a perpetual succession of many persons are considered as the same, and may act as a single individual.
Página 581 - A telegraph company occupies the same relation to commerce as a carrier of messages, that a railroad company does as a carrier of goods.
Página 583 - Congress the regulation of commerce, it was never intended to cut the States off from legislating on all subjects relating to the health, life, and safety of their citizens, though the legislation might indirectly affect the commerce of the country. Legislation, in a great variety of ways, may affect commerce and persons engaged in it without constituting a regulation of it within the meaning of the Constitution.
Página 344 - Now, natural persons through the intervention of agents, are continually making contracts in countries in which they do not reside ; and where they are not personally present when the contract is made ; and nobody has ever doubted the validity of these agreements. And what greater objection can there be to the capacity of an artificial person, by its agents, to make a contract within the scope of its limited powers, in a sovereignty in which it does not reside ; provided such contracts are permitted...
Página 485 - That principle is that where a corporation, like a railroad company, has granted to it by charter a franchise intended in a large measure to be exercised for the public good, the due performance of those functions being the consideration of the public grant, any contract which disables the corporation from performing those functions — which undertakes, without the consent of the state, to transfer...
Página 304 - It is publicly pledged to those who deal with the corporation, for their security. Unpaid stock is as much a part of this pledge, and as much a part of the assets of the company, as the cash which has been paid in upon it.
Página 385 - ... when the question is one of a common or general interest of many persons, or when the parties are very numerous, and it may be impracticable to bring them all before the court, one or more may sue or defend for the benefit of the whole.
Página 511 - The doctrine of ultra vires, when invoked for or against a corporation, should not be allowed to prevail where it would defeat the ends of justice or work a legal wrong.
Página 583 - Until congress acts in reference to the relations of this company to interstate commerce, it is certainly within the power of Wisconsin to regulate its fares, etc., so far as they are of domestic concern.