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Auten Vs. United States Nat'l Bank of New York

Court : US Supreme Court

..... be denominated, respectively, the "new york bank" and the "little rock bank." the complaint contains the necessary jurisdictional allegations, and that, "on december 7, 1892, the city electric street railway company, a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of arkansas, in the city of little rock, arkansas, executed and delivered to g. r. brown and ..... g. allis; first national bank, little rock, ar., h. g. allis, p't." page 174 u. s. 128 the receiver only answered, and his answer, as finally amended, denied that "either of the notes described in the plaintiff's complaint was ever endorsed and delivered to the first national bank; he denies that either of said notes was ..... notes a large sum of money, which he appropriated to his own use; that said allis had no authority from said bank to negotiate said loan or to act for it in any way in said transaction; if said transaction created an indebtedness against the defendant bank, then the total liability of said defendant bank to .....

Bolln Vs. Nebraska

Court : US Supreme Court

..... u. s. 92 where such statute or authority is alleged to be repugnant to the constitution or the laws of the united states. columbia water power co. v. columbia electric street railway &c.; co., 172 u. s. 475 . in the case under consideration, the right to a trial by jury is claimed under the constitution of the ..... force of this decision. its principle was applied in in re kemmler, 136 u. s. 436 , to a law of new york providing for the punishment of death by electricity; in dent v. west virginia, 129 u. s. 114 , to a statute subjecting physicians to punishment who practiced medicine without a certificate as to their competency; in caldwell ..... equal footing with the original states." the argument of the plaintiff in error in this connection is that, by these acts, the people of nebraska adopted the constitution of the united states, and thereby the first eight amendments containing the bill of rights became incorporated in the constitution of the state, and that the right to proceed for felonies .....

Erb Vs. Morasch

Court : US Supreme Court

..... steam power, but page 177 u. s. 587 with that power used only in dummy engines, and, at the time of the accident involved in this case, by electricity. it is true that there is testimony that, at or near the place where the accident happened, parties thought the operation of the street railroad was more dangerous than ..... . and, fourth, the sections quoted of the ordinance are not in page 177 u. s. 586 conflict with those provisions of the first section of the fourteenth amendment to the constitution, which restrain a state from denying the equal protection of the laws. this last proposition seems to be the only matter requiring anything more than a ..... may regulate the speed of railroad trains within the city limits. railroad company v. richmond, 96 u. s. 521 ; cleveland &c.; railway co. v. illinois, ante. such act is, even as to interstate trains, one only indirectly directly affecting interstate commerce, and is within the power of the state until at least congress shall take action in the .....

St. Paul Gas Light Co. Vs. St. Paul

Court : US Supreme Court

..... from the record that, either by its original charter or by amendments thereto, the gas company was empowered to supply electricity as well as gas, and in virtue of this power, it constructed an electrical plant and contracted with the city to supply the electric lights in those portions of the city where the use of gas ..... the substantial rights conferred by the contract. as it is apparent from the foregoing considerations that, even conceding the contract to be as contended for, no legislative act is shown to exist, from the enforcement of which an impairment of the obligations of the contract -- within the purview of the constitution -- did or could ..... 149 cannot be treated as an impairment of the obligations of the contract without saying that such obligations were destroyed, although they were absolutely unaffected by the act which it is asserted brought about the impairment. and it will become at once manifest from a consideration of the remaining provision of the ordinance that the .....

Detroit Vs. Detroit Citizens' Street Ry. Co.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... cairo &c.; railway company, 110 u. s. 192 , 110 u. s. 199 . in that case, this court said, through mr. justice harlan: "the title of the act is 'an act to amend the charter of the cairo & st. louis railroad company.' the contention is that the legalization of an election previously held, and at which the people voted in favor of ..... of fare existed as agreed upon between the city and the railway company, expenditures involving millions of dollars were entered upon, changing the mode of transportation from animal to electric power, and no claim seems ever to have been made on the part of the city of a right of alteration to be exercised in accordance only with its ..... of street railways in the streets of the city of detroit; that in such operation it has in use upwards of four hundred street cars, which are propelled by electricity, and has in its employ, engaged in such operation, upwards of one thousand men as motormen and conductors; that it carries an average of ___ thousand passengers per .....

Bienville Water Supply Co. Vs. Mobile

Court : US Supreme Court

..... judicial inquiry under it. it may be simply declaratory, for courts have often held that it was beyond the power of the legislature, under the guise of an act amending or repealing a charter, to take away the property of the corporation. clearly the question is, in the first instance, presented for the consideration of the legislature ..... 814 ; skaneateles waterworks co. v. skaneateles, 161 n.y. 154; charles river bridge v. warren bridge, 11 pet. 420; state v. hamilton, 47 ohio st. 52; scranton electric light & heat co.'s appeal, 122 pa. 154; 2 beach, priv.corp. secs. 22, 27." by article i, section 23, of the constitution of alabama, the legislature is ..... intent that, even if exclusive privileges were granted, the monopoly feature thereof should always be subject to revocation. in this section, there is no suggestion of amendment or alteration. that which is distinctly provided is the absolute power of revocation. to hold that the exclusive feature of plaintiff's grant could not be revoked .....

Northern Central Railway Co. Vs. Maryland

Court : US Supreme Court

..... its provisions, including the exemption from taxation, if such exemption were found in it expressly or by implication, was subject to the power to repeal, alter, and amend, reserved by the constitution. construing the acts imposing the tax which were sued for in connection with page 187 u. s. 263 other laws of the state of maryland, the court held that the ..... cable, express or transportation, telephone, parlor car, sleeping car, safe deposit, trust, guaranty, fidelity, oil or pipe line, title, insurance, electric light or electric construction companies incorporated under any general or special law of this state and doing business therein." by this act, a tax of one percent was imposed upon the gross receipts "of all railroad companies worked by steam incorporated by .....

Hari Pandurang and anr. Vs. Secretary of State for India in Council an ...

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : (1904)ILR27Bom276

..... shall be deemed invalid only by reason of its relating to any of the purposes comprised in the above list.12. this act was amended by the indian councils act of 1892, which by section 6 provides:6. in this act-the expression 'local legislature' means (1) the governor in council for the purpose of making laws and regulations of the ..... , to make laws and regulations for the peace and good government of such presidency, and for that purpose to repeal or amend any laws and regulations made prior to the coming into operation of this act by any authority in india, so far as they affect such presidency:provided always that such governor in council shall not have ..... bills, notes or other paper currency:(3) regulating the conveyance of letters by post office or messages by the electric telegraph within the presidency:(4) altering in any way the penal code of india, as established by the act of the governor-general in council, no. xlv of 1860:(5) affecting the religion or religious rights and usages .....

JoplIn Vs. Southwest Missouri Light Co.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... the city "from supplying or furnishing to the inhabitants, residents, or any other person, firm, or corporation within said city, or any addition thereto or extension thereof, electric lights, either incandescent or arc, or in any other form or manner, for commercial or private lighting, for and during the full term" of the grant to the ..... of the united states, which provides that no state shall pass any law impairing the obligation of a contract, and also violated that clause of the fourteenth amendment of that instrument which provides that no state shall deprive any person of property without due process of law. it is by implication from the statute and the ..... the work within sixty days. it was accepted. subsequently, and on march, 1899, the city, acting in pursuance of, and in the manner provided in, certain ordinances, issued bonds to the amount of $30,000, "for the purpose of erecting an electric light plant, to be owned, controlled, and operated by the city," and by the means obtained .....

Eckington and Soldiers' Home Ry. Co. Vs. McDevitt

Court : US Supreme Court

..... down a single or double track railway, with the necessary switches, turnouts, and other mechanical devices and sewer connections necessary to operate the same by horse, cable, or electric power, in the district of page 191 u. s. 107 columbia, through and along the following avenues, streets, and highways" (describing them), and also a branch ..... in a board of nine directors, who were to choose officers as designated. congress reserved the right to alter, amend, or repeal the act at any time. by an act approved april 30, 1890, 26 stat. 77, c. 172, amending the charter, the company was authorized to extend its tracks through and along certain streets named, which provided " ..... of lincoln avenue, and thence northerly along lincoln avenue to a point opposite the entrance to glenwood cemetery." by an act approved july 5, 1892, 27 stat. 65, c. 143, the charter was further amended by authorizing the extension of tracks, and providing "that the tracks of this company on lincoln avenue shall be taken .....