The Federal Reporter, Volume 234West Publishing Company, 1916 - Law reports, digests, etc Includes cases argued and determined in the District Courts of the United States and, Mar./May 1880-Oct./Nov. 1912, the Circuit Courts of the United States; Sept./Dec. 1891-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Circuit Courts of Appeals of the United States; Aug./Oct. 1911-Jan./Feb. 1914, the Commerce Court of the United States; Sept./Oct. 1919-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. |
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... plaintiff , and the railroad company as defendant . The sole issue presented here is whether plaintiff was engaged in interstate commerce at the time he received his injuries . The southern terminus of defendant's railroad was at ...
... plaintiff , and the railroad company as defendant . The sole issue presented here is whether plaintiff was engaged in interstate commerce at the time he received his injuries . The southern terminus of defendant's railroad was at ...
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... plaintiff thereon was a part of such commerce . The judgment must be affirmed , with costs . PRYOR v . BISHOP ... plaintiff , and defendant brings error . Reversed , with direction for new trial . Plaintiff in error , herein described as ...
... plaintiff thereon was a part of such commerce . The judgment must be affirmed , with costs . PRYOR v . BISHOP ... plaintiff , and defendant brings error . Reversed , with direction for new trial . Plaintiff in error , herein described as ...
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... plaintiff , and thereafter plaintiff , the contract providing that title should not vest in defendant until payment , disposed of part of the machinery to third persons . Plaintiff then sued in indebitatus assumpsit for damages . Held ...
... plaintiff , and thereafter plaintiff , the contract providing that title should not vest in defendant until payment , disposed of part of the machinery to third persons . Plaintiff then sued in indebitatus assumpsit for damages . Held ...
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... plaintiff whereby the latter agreed to deliver and erect on foundations in the basement of the building , three ... plaintiff's factory at Pittsburg . The contract provided that the first generator with its gas engine was to be in ...
... plaintiff whereby the latter agreed to deliver and erect on foundations in the basement of the building , three ... plaintiff's factory at Pittsburg . The contract provided that the first generator with its gas engine was to be in ...
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... plaintiff until fully paid for , and that , on default of the defendant in making stipulated payments at the time specified , plaintiff should be entitled to immediate possession of the apparatus and free to enter upon premises wherever ...
... plaintiff until fully paid for , and that , on default of the defendant in making stipulated payments at the time specified , plaintiff should be entitled to immediate possession of the apparatus and free to enter upon premises wherever ...
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Page 134 - States, or fix a price charged therefor, or discount from, or rebate upon, such price, on the condition, agreement or understanding that the lessee or purchaser thereof shall not use or deal in the goods, wares, merchandise, machinery, supplies or other commodities of a competitor or competitors of the lessor or seller, where the effect of such lease, sale, or contract for sale or such condition, agreement or understanding may be to substantially lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly in...
Page 134 - That it shall be unlawful for any person engaged in commerce, in the course of such commerce, to lease or make a sale or contract for sale of goods, wares, merchandise, machinery, supplies, or other commodities, whether patented or unpatented...
Page 501 - that the laws of the several States, except where the constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 496 - It is a maxim not to be disregarded that general expressions, in every opinion, are to be taken in connection with the case in which those expressions are used. If they go beyond the case, they may be respected, but ought not to control the judgment in a subsequent suit when the very point is presented for decision.
Page 398 - For this purpose, where there is no treaty and no controlling executive or legislative act or judicial decision, resort must be had to the customs and usages of civilized nations...
Page 208 - But where the instrument is in the hands of a holder in due course, a valid delivery thereof by all parties prior to him so as to make them liable to him, is conclusively presumed.
Page 179 - ... it shall be unlawful for any person,' persons, or corporation to offer, grant, or give or to| solicit, accept, or receive any rebate, concession, or discrimination in respect of the transportation of any property in interstate or foreign commerce by any common carrier...
Page 679 - From and after the first day of July, nineteen hundred and fourteen, it shall be unlawful for any railroad company or other common carrier subject to the Act to regulate commerce to own, lease, operate, control, or have any interest whatsoever (by stock ownership or otherwise, either directly, indirectly, through any holding company, or by stockholders or directors in common, or in any other manner) in any common carrier by water operated through the Panama Canal or elsewhere with which said railroad...
Page 492 - In case of such discontinuance of the employment of the contractor he shall not be entitled to receive any further payment under this contract until the said work shall be wholly finished, at which time, If the unpaid balance of the amount to be paid under this contract shall exceed the expense incurred by the...
Page 471 - ... and such trustees, as to all property in the custody or coming into the custody of the.bankruptcy court, shall be deemed vested with all the rights, remedies, and powers of a creditor holding a lien by legal or equitable proceedings...