The Federal Reporter: Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States, Volumes 47-48West Publishing Company, 1892 - 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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... corporation is not bound by his certificate , but may in the same proceeding establish the truth by evidence . I ... corporations under the name of " The Union Pacific System " a large business is being carried on in the transportation ...
... corporation is not bound by his certificate , but may in the same proceeding establish the truth by evidence . I ... corporations under the name of " The Union Pacific System " a large business is being carried on in the transportation ...
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... corporation of the state of Washington . A judgment in fa- vor of the former and against the latter corporation was rendered by the superior court of Pierce county in this state . An execution was issued thereon , upon which the sheriff ...
... corporation of the state of Washington . A judgment in fa- vor of the former and against the latter corporation was rendered by the superior court of Pierce county in this state . An execution was issued thereon , upon which the sheriff ...
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... CORPORATIONS - SUIT BY STOCKHOLDER AGAINST DIRECTORS - INJUNCTION . In an action by a stockholder against a railroad corporation and its directors the bill alleged a violation of agreements between the corporation and others , the use ...
... CORPORATIONS - SUIT BY STOCKHOLDER AGAINST DIRECTORS - INJUNCTION . In an action by a stockholder against a railroad corporation and its directors the bill alleged a violation of agreements between the corporation and others , the use ...
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... corporation ; and that com- plainant is not suing a third person on behalf of his company , nor is his complaint founded on rights which may properly be asserted by the cor- poration . While the question is not free from doubt , still ...
... corporation ; and that com- plainant is not suing a third person on behalf of his company , nor is his complaint founded on rights which may properly be asserted by the cor- poration . While the question is not free from doubt , still ...
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... corporation can be affected thereby . It also appears that suit has been brought in the courts of New York by the defendant company against the construction company . The ques- tions arising under the agreement can properly be tried ...
... corporation can be affected thereby . It also appears that suit has been brought in the courts of New York by the defendant company against the construction company . The ques- tions arising under the agreement can properly be tried ...
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Page 192 - 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 637 - 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.
Page 682 - State, and whenever, on the line thereof, the United States have full title, not reserved, sold, granted, or otherwise appropriated, and free from preemption, or other claims or rights, at the time the line of said road is definitely fixed, and a plat thereof filed in the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office...
Page 194 - the practice, pleadings, and forms and modes of proceeding in civil causes, other than equity and admiralty causes, in the circuit and district courts shall conform, as near as may be, to the practice, pleadings, and forms and modes of proceeding existing at the time in like causes in the courts of record of the state within which such circuit or district courts are held, any rule of court to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 610 - ... every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said railroad line, as said company may adopt, through the territories of the United States...
Page 637 - Looking, then, to the common law, from whence came the right which the Constitution protects, we find that when private property is "affected with a public interest, it ceases to be juris privati only.
Page 630 - ... no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against any person by any original process or proceeding in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant, but where the jurisdiction is founded only on the fact that the action is between citizens of different States, suit shall be brought only in the district of the residence of either the plaintiff or the defendant...
Page 742 - An assignment, grant or conveyance shall be void as against any subsequent purchaser or mortgagee for a valuable consideration, without notice, unless it is recorded in the Patent Office within three months from the date thereof or prior to such subsequent purchase or mortgage.
Page 610 - It passes through any state, and whenever on the line thereof, the United States have full title, not reserved, sold, granted, or otherwise appropriated, and free from pre-emption or other claims or rights at the time the line of said road Is definitely fixed...
Page 302 - ... lands being mineral, and not subject to entry under existing laws of the United States, except for mineral entry, in either of said States, Territories, or districts, of which such citizens or persons may be at the time...