United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ... and Rules Announced at ..., Volume 154United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1894 - Courts |
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... evidence tending to show that June 16 , 1887 , was a bright and beautiful day at Ellis and Waukeney ; that Toland , upon receiving the message at Waukeney , made purchases of about 300,000 pounds of wool ; and that the plaintiff , in ...
... evidence tending to show that June 16 , 1887 , was a bright and beautiful day at Ellis and Waukeney ; that Toland , upon receiving the message at Waukeney , made purchases of about 300,000 pounds of wool ; and that the plaintiff , in ...
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... evidence in this case as well . There is therefore no reason for any error in the transmis- sion of a message excepting through a mistake made by a negligent operator , or through some outside cause over which the company had no control ...
... evidence in this case as well . There is therefore no reason for any error in the transmis- sion of a message excepting through a mistake made by a negligent operator , or through some outside cause over which the company had no control ...
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... evidence that Passmore , of whom one Edwards had offered to purchase a tract of land in West Virginia , wrote and delivered to the company at Parkersburg , upon a blank containing similar conditions , a message to Edwards at Phila ...
... evidence that Passmore , of whom one Edwards had offered to purchase a tract of land in West Virginia , wrote and delivered to the company at Parkersburg , upon a blank containing similar conditions , a message to Edwards at Phila ...
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... evidence of negligence on the part of the company , and that , the mes- sage not having been repeated , the company was not liable . In Kiley v . Western Union Tel . Co. , 109 N. Y. 231 , 235- 237 , a similar decision was made , the ...
... evidence of negligence on the part of the company , and that , the mes- sage not having been repeated , the company was not liable . In Kiley v . Western Union Tel . Co. , 109 N. Y. 231 , 235- 237 , a similar decision was made , the ...
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... evidence brings this case within the terms of the stipulation . It is not the case of a message delivered to the operator , and not sent by him from his office . This message was sent , and it may be inferred from the evi- dence that it ...
... evidence brings this case within the terms of the stipulation . It is not the case of a message delivered to the operator , and not sent by him from his office . This message was sent , and it may be inferred from the evi- dence that it ...
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Page 471 - Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 1, 196, 6 L. ed. 23, 70, where he said: "We are now arrived at the inquiry, What is this power? It is the power to regulate; that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in Congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the Constitution.
Page 462 - 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 461 - ... 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 471 - If, as has always been understood, the sovereignty of Congress, though limited to specified objects, is plenary as to those objects, the power over commerce with foreign nations and among the several States is vested in Congress as absolutely as it would be in a single government having in its constitution the same restrictions on the exercise of the power as are found in the Constitution of the United States.
Page 462 - Such attendance of witnesses, and the production of such documentary evidence, may be required from any place in the United States, at any designated place of hearing.
Page 463 - Reasonable notice must first be given in writing by the party or his attorney proposing to take such deposition to the opposite party or his attorney of record, as either may be nearest, which notice shall state the name of the witness and the time and place of the taking of his deposition.
Page 197 - ... a minor is caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another, his heirs or personal representatives may maintain an action for damages against the person causing the death, or if such person be employed by another person who is responsible for his conduct, then also against such other person. In every action under this and the preceding section, such damages may be given as under all the circumstances of the case, may be just.
Page 472 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution,, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people. Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the...
Page 470 - It may be doubted whether any of the evils proceeding from the feebleness of the federal government, contributed more to that great revolution which introduced the present system, than the deep and general conviction, that commerce ought to be regulated by Congress.
Page 30 - ... such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally, ie according to the usual course of things from such breach of contract itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties at the time they made the contract, as the probable result of the breach of it.