The Inter-state Commerce Act: An Analysis of Its Provisions |
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... COMMON CARRIER IS PRO- HIBITED FROM DOING BY THE INTER - STATE COMMERCE ACT ... Carriers dealing with each other • · To afford facilities , etc. , to each other ... subject ( note ) . 33 40 Resumé of first , second , third , and fourth iv ...
... COMMON CARRIER IS PRO- HIBITED FROM DOING BY THE INTER - STATE COMMERCE ACT ... Carriers dealing with each other • · To afford facilities , etc. , to each other ... subject ( note ) . 33 40 Resumé of first , second , third , and fourth iv ...
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... common carriers , operating or conducting their business within the States , even if the conse- quences were to ... subject in a controversy arising between the Wabash , St. Louis , and Pacific Railway Company and the State of Il- linois ...
... common carriers , operating or conducting their business within the States , even if the conse- quences were to ... subject in a controversy arising between the Wabash , St. Louis , and Pacific Railway Company and the State of Il- linois ...
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... common carriers . Is this a " regulation of commerce " within the meaning of ... subject is fully examined , and where the court held , that , under the ... common car- riers , hackmen , bakers , millers , wharfingers , inn - keepers ...
... common carriers . Is this a " regulation of commerce " within the meaning of ... subject is fully examined , and where the court held , that , under the ... common car- riers , hackmen , bakers , millers , wharfingers , inn - keepers ...
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... common carriers exercise a sort of public office , and have duties to perform in which the public is interested . Their business is therefore affected with a public interest . Mr. Chief - Justice Waite , who delivered the opinion of the ...
... common carriers exercise a sort of public office , and have duties to perform in which the public is interested . Their business is therefore affected with a public interest . Mr. Chief - Justice Waite , who delivered the opinion of the ...
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... common carrier and shipper are no longer permitted to deal with each other as they please , because , so far as the ... subjects to make their own bargains . But now it is otherwise ; no contract can be · enforced between the shipper and ...
... common carrier and shipper are no longer permitted to deal with each other as they please , because , so far as the ... subjects to make their own bargains . But now it is otherwise ; no contract can be · enforced between the shipper and ...
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Act to charge aforesaid aggregate apply appointed bill charge or receive charging a greater Circuit Court circumstances and conditions Commissioners common car common carrier subject common law complained Congress Constitution corporation court of equity Cullom deemed District duties effect fares fourth section G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS greater compensation greater or less Inter-State Commerce Act Inter-State Commerce Commission judicial jurisdiction less compensation longer distance longer haul mandatory or otherwise manner matter meaning ment mission Octavo offence order or requirement party passengers and property passengers or property person or persons preference or advantage prescribe prohibited proper process provisions question railroad railroad company reasonable remedies rier roads schedules secret rebate Senate shipment short-haul shorter distance sion stances and conditions substantially similar circumstances Supreme Court thereof tion transportation of passengers undue or unreasonable United unlawful unreasonable preference Wabash Railway writ of execution writ of injunction writ of mandamus
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Page 112 - That in case any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall do, cause to be done, or permit to be done, any act, matter, or thing in this act prohibited or declared to be unlawful...
Page 116 - Commission (and produce books and papers if so ordered) and give evidence touching the matter in question ; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Page 21 - ... a greater or less compensation for any service rendered, or to be rendered, in the transportation of passengers or property...
Page 115 - Act, and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted, and shall have the right to obtain from such common carriers full and complete information necessary to enable the Commission to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it was created...
Page 105 - Provided, however, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or property, or to the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of property, wholly within one State, and not shipped to or from a foreign country from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid.
Page 41 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or of like kind of property, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line, in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance...
Page 105 - America in congress assembled, that the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Page 114 - ... the date of the taking effect of this Act, the term of each to be designated by the President, but their successors shall be appointed for terms of seven years, except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the commissioner whom he shall succeed.
Page 48 - ... nothing in this Act contained shall in any way abridge or alter the remedies now existing at common law or by statute, but the provisions of this Act are in addition to such remedies...
Page 15 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence and affect the community at large. When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created. He may withdraw his grant by discontinuing the use; but, so long as he maintains the use, he...