The United States of America, Complainants and Appellants, V. Jane L. Stanford, Executrix of the Last Will and Testament of Leland Stanford, Deceased, Defendant and Appellee: Brief for Defendant and Appelle1895 - 155 halaman |
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Halaman 42
... the more pertinence and force in application to the ques- tions arising in the present case , because of its express refusal to follow the propositions laid down in that dissenting opinion . Mr. Justice FIELD insisted most strongly that 42.
... the more pertinence and force in application to the ques- tions arising in the present case , because of its express refusal to follow the propositions laid down in that dissenting opinion . Mr. Justice FIELD insisted most strongly that 42.
Halaman 46
... part collateral to , was inde- pendent of that made to the company by the State of California , and has ever since been possessed and enjoyed . The present company has it by transfer from a consolidation of the original 46.
... part collateral to , was inde- pendent of that made to the company by the State of California , and has ever since been possessed and enjoyed . The present company has it by transfer from a consolidation of the original 46.
Halaman 48
... present Central Pacific . This company took all the property and all the liabilities of the two preceding com- panies , and became by the mere fact of consolidation under the acts of Congress , a Federal corporation , at least to the ...
... present Central Pacific . This company took all the property and all the liabilities of the two preceding com- panies , and became by the mere fact of consolidation under the acts of Congress , a Federal corporation , at least to the ...
Halaman 49
... present an impreg- nable point . We submit that it is a matter of common sense and of necessary construction that it was the intention of Congress , by the Act of 1862 , and the acts amend- atory thereof , to cover and provide for the ...
... present an impreg- nable point . We submit that it is a matter of common sense and of necessary construction that it was the intention of Congress , by the Act of 1862 , and the acts amend- atory thereof , to cover and provide for the ...
Halaman 82
... present Central Pacific Railroad Company , a corporate creation expressly designed by Congress to be , for all purposes coming within the scope of its acts , a creature of the Federal Gov- ernment , responsible to it alone , controlled ...
... present Central Pacific Railroad Company , a corporate creation expressly designed by Congress to be , for all purposes coming within the scope of its acts , a creature of the Federal Gov- ernment , responsible to it alone , controlled ...
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Halaman 13 - That the grants aforesaid are made upon condition that said company shall keep said railroad and telegraph line in repair and use, and shall at all times transmit dispatches over said telegraph line, and transport mails, troops and munitions of war, supplies and public stores, upon said railroad for the government, whenever required to do so by any department thereof, and that the government shall at all times have the preference in the use of the same for all the purposes aforesaid, (at fair and...
Halaman 133 - ... to secure the repayment to the United States, as hereinafter provided, of the amount of said bonds so issued and delivered to said company, together with all interest thereon which shall have been paid by the United States, the issue of said bonds and delivery to the company shall ipso facto constitute a first mortgage on the whole line of the railroad and telegraph, together with the rolling stock, fixtures, and property of every kind and description, and in consideration of which said bonds...
Halaman 14 - California had only power to construct a railroad from Sacramento to the eastern boundary of the State. Congress, by the Act of 1862, authorized the company (in the words of the Act) ' to construct a railroad and telegraph line from the Pacific coast, at or near San Francisco, or the navigable waters of the Sacramento River, to the eastern boundary of California...
Halaman 95 - Dues from corporations shall be secured by such individual liability of the corporators and other means as may be prescribed by law.
Halaman 11 - Greenwich, between the south margin of the valley of the Republican River and the north margin of the valley of the Platte River, in the Territory of Nebraska...
Halaman 30 - But courts, in construing a statute, may with propriety recur to the history of the times when it was passed; and this is frequently necessary, in order to ascertain the reason as well as the meaning of particular provisions in it.
Halaman 119 - It cannot be said that a case is not authority on one point because, although that point was properly presented and decided in the regular course of the consideration of the cause, something else was found in the end which disposed of the whole matter. Here the precise question was properly presented, fully argued and elaborately considered in the opinion. The decision on this question was as much a part of the judgment of the court as was that on any other of the several matters on which the case...
Halaman 17 - That if said roads are not completed, so as to form a continuous line of railroad, ready for use, from the Missouri River to the navigable waters of the Sacramento River...
Halaman 98 - The individual liability of stockholders of a corporation for the payment of its debts is always a creature of statute. At common law it does not exist. The statute which creates it may also declare the purposes of its creation, and provide for the manner of its enforcement.
Halaman 16 - That the several companies authorized to construct the aforesaid roads are hereby required to operate and use said roads and telegraph for all purposes of communication, travel and transportation, so far as the public and...