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..... above that of the city. it was confessedly beyond the powers conferred by the original certificate of incorporation. that certificate was not amended to include the necessary additional powers until after the passage of the act of 1911. no public record or filing was made of either of those plans, and the law of ohio makes no provision ..... , the necessity and the proper extent of a taking is a legislative question. shoemaker v. united states, 147 u. s. 282 , 147 u. s. 298 ; united states v. gettysburg electric ry. co., 160 u. s. 668 , 160 u. s. 685 ; united states v. chandler-dunbar co., 229 u. s. 53 , 229 u. s. 65 . the legislature ..... to be generated, or for erecting and maintaining a line or lines of poles whereon to attach or string wires or cables to carry and transmit electricity, or for transporting natural gas, petroleum, water, or electricity through tubing, pipes, or conduits, or by means of wires, cables, or conduits, or for storing, transporting or transmitting water, natural gas, .....
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..... submitted a sample of the apparatus which he would furnish under his bid if accepted. simon, the respondent, who had no manufacturing establishment, employed a manufacturer of electrical apparatus to make for him a wireless telegraph transmitting set, and, when it was made, submitted it to the navy department in accordance with the call. he ..... now performed, because of the failure of the courts below (a failure obviously resulting from the mistaken view they took of the statute) to determine whether the acts of simon in furnishing the wireless apparatus amounted to an intrinsic or per se infringement, or only constituted contributions to the infringement, if any, resulting from ..... 227 f. 906. the complainant having refused to make the election and to amend, a decree of dismissal was subsequently entered which was reviewed by the court below. that court, while it affirmed upon the theory of the license resulting from the act of 1910 in accordance with the views which had been expressed by the .....
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..... other corporations, companies, partnerships and individuals using engines, locomotives, or cars of any kind or description whatsoever, propelled by the dangerous agencies of steam, electricity, gas, gasoline, or lever power and running on tracks, for damages done to persons or property, proof of injury inflicted by the running of the ..... a recovery. the judgment below is reversed, and the cause remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion. reversed. * mississippi code 1906, 1985, as amended by c. 215, laws 1912, p. 290: "1985 (1808). injury to persons or property by railroads prima facie evidence of want of reasonable skill ..... within a few minutes without regaining consciousness. having qualified as administratrix, his mother (defendant in error), charging negligence and relying upon the federal employers' liability act, sued for damages in a state court for lauderdale county, mississippi. a judgment in her favor was affirmed by the supreme court without opinion. page .....
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..... a strict grammatical construction. united states v. simms, 1 cranch 252; comm'n v. barber, 143 mass. 560; quinn v. lowell electric light co., 140 mass. 106. the seamen's act especially invokes the application of the rule. the act applies to foreign vessels as explicitly and as circumstantially as it does to domestic vessels. let the foreign vessel be in the ..... unusual improvidence of expression. and 4 should be considered in connection. it is hence important that we give it in full. and it may be said that it is an amendment to 4530, rev.stats. it is as follows: "sec. 4530. every seaman on a vessel of the united states shall be entitled to receive on demand from the ..... a clear and well reasoned opinion by judge addison brown, the law was held not to apply to the shipment of seamen on american vessels in foreign ports. after some amendments in 1898, not important to consider in this connection, the matter came before this court in the case of patterson v. bark eudora, 190 u. s. 169 , and .....
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..... defendant of its property without due process of law and denied to it the equal protection of the laws in violation of the fourteenth amendment; that defendant had accepted the restrictions and obligations of the act of congress approved july 24, 1866 (c. 230, 14 stat. 221; rev.stats. 5263 et seq. ); that its poles ..... rights of way. general ordinances of the city were introduced in evidence, one of them antedating the franchise ordinance and providing as follows: "each telegraph, telephone, electric light or power company shall pay annually a sum equal to fifty cents for each pole used by them whether such poles are leased, rented, or owned by ..... the streets. nor is there ground for holding that plaintiff in error is subjected to unreasonable discrimination in contravention of the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment. the case shows that its franchise ordinance imposes the same and no greater tax than that which is applied by a general ordinance to other companies maintaining .....
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..... all work in the construction and repair of tunnels, subways and viaducts." "10. all work in mills, shops, works, yards, plants and factories where steam, electricity, or any other mechanical power is used to operate machinery and appliances in and about such premises." "sec. 5. every employer, whether individual, firm, association, ..... engaged as millwright and carpenter in constructing a "flotation system" at the company's mill or reduction works in gila county, arizona, "wherein steam, electricity, or other mechanical power was then and there used to operate machinery." he alleged that, while exercising due care, he "suffered severe personal and bodily ..... appreciate their needs. the states are left with a wide range of legislative discretion, notwithstanding the provisions of the fourteenth amendment, and their conclusions respecting the wisdom of their legislative acts are not reviewable by the courts. we have been called upon recently to deal with various forms of workmen's compensation .....
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..... and regulations of the railroad commission of said state. . . ." "as to york boulevard, the decree was as follows:" ". . . from conveying, running, or transmitting electric power or energy through the lines and wires heretofore erected and constructed, by said city of los angeles, its agents, servants, and employees," until the wires, poles, and ..... , and structures" (they are enumerated) are maintained in the streets, and it is necessary "in order that sufficient space may be secured for the said municipal electrical system . . . and that the work of constructing and establishing the same may be carried on, to provide for the removal or relocation of poles and other ..... not suffice to convert such acts of interference into a legitimate exercise of police power. pp. 251 u. s. 34 , 251 u. s. 38 . a franchise to use the streets for supplying a city and it inhabitants with electric light, acquired under the california constitution, art. xi, 19, before the amendment of 1911, conveys contract .....
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..... shall place, string, construct, or maintain any line, wire, fixture, or appliance of any kind for conducting electricity for lighting, heating or power purposes through any street . . . without the consent of such municipality." 92 o.l. 204. this amended law of 1896 is made the basis of the only contention in the case which is sufficiently substantial for ..... . (1880), 3471a, as added by 84 o.l. 7, and rev.stats. 3461, and that, by an act of the legislature passed in 1896, seven years after the date of the village ordinance, the state law was amended into the form which continued to the time of trial, providing that, "in order to subject the same to municipal ..... 251 u. s. 178 holds, upon abundant reason and authority, was passed in a reasonable exercise of the police power of the state. this act was a general one, applicable to all electric lighting companies then operating, or which might thereafter operate in the state, and all that it did was to give to the municipal authorities complete .....
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..... is not necessary to decide in this case whether a valid regulating ordinance can be rendered invalid by a change of conditions which render it arbitrary and confiscatory ( lincoln gas & electric light co. v. lincoln, 250 u. s. 256 , 250 u. s. 269 ; minnesota rate cases, 230 u. s. 352 , 230 u. s. 473 ; johnson v. gearlds, 234 u. ..... was unreasonable and arbitrary and that the enforcement of it would deprive the company of its property without due process of law and without compensation, in violation of the fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the united states. the motion to quash was "referred to the merits," a full trial was had, the motion was overruled, and the defendant ..... in an assigned page 251 u. s. 171 position necessary for the discharge of his duties and must perform "some conscious act" at all times when the car is in motion. if he fails in this "conscious act," the current is automatically cut off, the brakes are applied in emergency, the rail is sanded, and the door of the .....
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..... until the record was certified to it and the parties were before it and after formal hearing in the matter. the contention is based on 67 of the public utilities act of the state. the is too long to quote. it is part of the procedure provided by the state for the execution of its policy in regard to the ..... to accept other rates than those mentioned in the contract. the electric company answered the petition, set up the contract, and alleged that any change in its rates would be a violation of 10, article i, of the constitution of the united states and the fourteenth amendment thereto. january 24, 1914, the commission instituted an investigation on its own motion which ..... decided january 19, 1920 251 u.s. 366 appeal from the district court of the united states for the northern district of california syllabus under 67 of the public utilities act of california, as construed by the supreme court of the state, a petition to that court for a writ of review to bring up proceeding of the board of .....
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