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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... subsidy bonds , for the bH further states that the company commenced the construction of its road and other works at Sacra- mento on the 11th day of January , 1863 . The bill further alleges the increase of the capital in October , 1864 ...
... subsidy bonds , for the bH further states that the company commenced the construction of its road and other works at Sacra- mento on the 11th day of January , 1863 . The bill further alleges the increase of the capital in October , 1864 ...
Halaman 5
... subsidy bonds were issued as the work of construction proceeded , payable thirty years after date of issue , the interest payable semi - annually ; such bonds amounting in the aggregate , between January 16 , 1865 , and December 31 ...
... subsidy bonds were issued as the work of construction proceeded , payable thirty years after date of issue , the interest payable semi - annually ; such bonds amounting in the aggregate , between January 16 , 1865 , and December 31 ...
Halaman 6
Brief for Defendant and Appelle Russell J. Wilson. est of the bonds paid by the United States is alleged to have been seventy - eight million dollars ; and it is ... subsidy bonds . I SECOND . That the just and proper construction of the 6.
Brief for Defendant and Appelle Russell J. Wilson. est of the bonds paid by the United States is alleged to have been seventy - eight million dollars ; and it is ... subsidy bonds . I SECOND . That the just and proper construction of the 6.
Halaman 7
... subsidy bonds , except in the manner agreed upon in the act , which made the grants upon condition merely , without personal covenant to repay . First Point . The successive acts of Congress relating to the Union and Central Pacific ...
... subsidy bonds , except in the manner agreed upon in the act , which made the grants upon condition merely , without personal covenant to repay . First Point . The successive acts of Congress relating to the Union and Central Pacific ...
Halaman 8
... SUBSIDY BONDS THERE SHOULD BE NO LIABILITY OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF EITHER COMPANY TO THE GOVERNMENT . As a preliminary to the argument of this proposi- tion it is necessary to recur to the sequence of the events involved . From the time ...
... SUBSIDY BONDS THERE SHOULD BE NO LIABILITY OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF EITHER COMPANY TO THE GOVERNMENT . As a preliminary to the argument of this proposi- tion it is necessary to recur to the sequence of the events involved . From the time ...
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16th section acts of Congress agreement amendment amount applied authorized benefits capital stock Central Pacific Company Central Pacific Railroad claim Company of California complete conferred consolidated company Constitution construction construed contract corporation covenant creditors debts and liabilities decision declared dollars eastern boundary enacted enforce exist Federal fornia franchises Government granted held holders immunities imposed individual liability intent interest issued Justice law of California legislation Legislature liability of stock liability of stockholders lien maturity meet and connect ment miles Missouri River mortgage Pacific Ocean Pacific Railroad Acts Pacific Railroad Company paid pany parties payment personal liability personal obligation poration prescribed privileges purposes question railroad and telegraph remedy repayment respect road Company Sacramento Sacramento River sinking-fund Stat Statute of Limitations statutory subsidy bonds telegraph line terms and conditions Territories Teschemaker testator thereof tion Union Pacific Railroad United Western Pacific Railroad whole
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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...