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Girand Ins. and Trust Co. Vs. Cooper

Court : US Supreme Court

..... from the circuit court of appeals for the eighth circuit syllabus a coal and railway company contracted with c. to construct a building for it in the indian territory. after the work was begun a receiver of the property of the company was appointed under foreclosure proceedings. this building was not covered by the mortgage ..... railway company, a corporation created under the laws of the state of minnesota, with a right, among other things, to build and operate railways and to own and develop coal mines, and which had been authorized, by acts of congress approved february 18, 1888, and february 13, 1889, to construct a railway within the indian territory. the company ..... having become embarrassed, chadick and gowen were, on january 8, 1891, appointed co-receivers, and continued to act as such until august 28, 1891, when .....

Wilson Vs. United States

Court : US Supreme Court

..... found that there were bloodstains, and that the defendant had not satisfactorily explained them, to draw the inference, in the exercise of their judgment, that there was an act of deadly violence perpetrated against a person while upon or connected with the bed clothing. in other words, that the jury might regard bloodstains, not satisfactorily explained, as ..... by the presumption arising from the fact of the possession of the property of one recently murdered, but that they might consider that there was a presumption and act upon it unless it were rebutted by the evidence or the explanations of the accused. again, the existence of bloodstains at or near a place where violence has ..... it if, upon the whole evidence, they are satisfied that it was not the voluntary act of the defendant. wilson was convicted of the murder of one thatch, both being white men and not indians, on may 15, 1895 at the creek nation in the indian country, and sentenced to be page 162 u. s. 614 hanged. there was .....

Western Union Telegraph Co. Vs. James

Court : US Supreme Court

..... by the general assembly of the state of georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that from and after the passage of this act, every electric telegraph company with a line of wires wholly or partly in this state and engaged in telegraphing for the public shall, during the usual office hours, receive dispatches, whether ..... commerce and the persons engaged in it that necessarily constitutes a regulation of commerce within the meaning of the constitution. sherlock v. alling, 93 u. s. 99 ; state tax on railway gross receipts, 15 wall. 284; mobile county v. kimball, 102 u. s. 691 ; smith v. alabama, 124 u. s. 465 . a state statute was held valid ..... portion of section 8 of article i of the federal constitution, which empowers congress "to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several states and with the indian tribes." the validity of the statute is based upon the general power of the state to enact such laws in relation to persons and property within its borders .....

Western Union Telegraph Co. Vs. Taggart

Court : US Supreme Court

..... decision of the tax commissioners upon the question of fact committed by the statute to their determination was erroneous. as said by this court in pittsburgh &c.; railway v. backus, above cited, "whenever a question of fact is thus submitted to the determination of a special tribunal, its decision creates something more than a ..... a mileage basis, but only that the total amount of stock and indebtedness should be taken into consideration in ascertaining the value, and that the statute was constitutional. pittsburgh &c.; railway v. backus, 154 u. s. 421 , 154 u. s. 430 , 154 u. s. 435 , and 133 ind. 625; indianapolis & vincennes railroad v. backus, 154 ..... of state may call for. in case of the failure or refusal of any association, company, copartnership, or corporation to make out and deliver to the auditor of state any statement or statements required by this act, such association, company, copartnership, or corporation shall forfeit and pay to the state of indiana one hundred dollars .....

Eddy Vs. Lafayette

Court : US Supreme Court

..... of june, 1887, he has been station agent for george a. eddy and h. c. cross, receivers of the missouri, kansas & texas railway company, and has been such agent at said town of muscogee, in the indian territory. it therefore appears by the affidavit of j. w. williams that the allegation, in the reasons filed, that said williams was not ..... service as was had in the present case is sufficient to confer jurisdiction when the defendant is a railway company or a foreign corporation. the trial court, and also the circuit court of appeals, were of opinion that the third section of the judiciary act of march 3, 1887, c. 373, 24 stat. 554, authorizing suits to be brought against ..... in consideration of his services. there was no evidence tending to show that mrs. hailey, in procuring the hay in question to be cut and put up, was acting illegally, or was in any wise a trespasser. and the statute above quoted implies that citizens of the nation might cut hay without limit from the common pasturage, as .....

Missouri, K. and T. Ry. Co. Vs. Cook

Court : US Supreme Court

..... fort riley, kansas, to fort smith, arkansas." "2. the acceptance of the terms, conditions, and impositions of said act by the said union pacific railway company, southern branch, was signified in writing, under the corporate seal of said company, duly executed pursuant to the direction of its board of directors first had and obtained, which acceptance was made and deposited ..... switches, side tracks, turn-tables and water stations." the land in question was a part of the land ceded to the united states by the great and little osage indians by the treaty proclaimed january 21, 1867, 14 stat. 687. from the statement of facts, it appears that prior to december 24, 1867, a line was surveyed ..... 16 stat. 55, in favor of bona fide settlers residing on any portion of the land acquired from the osage indians by the treaty proclaimed january 21, 1867. between may 1 and june 6, 1870, the railroad company ran a second line, on which it built its road between those two dates, and entered into occupancy of a .....

Central Railroad and Banking Co. Vs. Wright

Court : US Supreme Court

..... by the stock. in support of this contention, we are cited to certain decisions holding that a tax upon the "property" of a railway company is within the prohibition of a tax upon the "stock" of the company -- in other words, that a tax upon the property page 164 u. s. 331 is a tax upon the stock. in examining ..... the act of 1835, above cited, there is an express prohibition against the municipal taxation of the "stock" of the company, and an express permission to tax any "property" of the company within the jurisdiction of the corporation. the real question is whether these two clauses can be reconciled, and each given its proper effect. the position of the railway company in ..... how the amounts should be assessed and paid and the manner of issuing execution in the event they were not paid. by another act, approved december 24, 1890, railroad companies were subjected to taxation upon their property located in the different towns and cities of the state. by reason of the fact that all of the .....

Draper Vs. United States

Court : US Supreme Court

..... or from any person a title thereto, by patent or other grant, save and except such lands as have been or may be granted to any indian or indians under any act of congress containing a provision exempting the lands thus granted from taxation, but said last-named lands shall be exempt from taxation by said state of ..... upon an equal footing with the original states in all respects whatever, without any such exception as has been made in the treaty with the ute indians and in the act establishing a territorial government, has acquired criminal jurisdiction over its own citizens and other white persons throughout the whole of the territory within its limits, including ..... try and punish such crimes. united states v. mcbratney, 104 u. s. 621 , to this point affirmed and followed. the provision in the enabling act of montana that the "indian lands shall remain under the absolute jurisdiction and control of the congress of the united states" does not affect the application of this general rule to the .....

Dip Chand Poddar and ors. Vs. the Secretary of State for India in Coun ...

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : (1897)ILR24Cal306

..... behalf of the secretary of state at the time of argument, that the claim for compensation was untenable under section 77 of the indian railway act (ix of 1890) for want of notice to the railway administration.2. the first court overruled the objection in bar and found for the plaintiff's on the merits, and gave them a ..... .5. the first contention urged for the appellant is however in our opinion correct. section 77 of the indian railways act requires that in a case like this a notice of the claim should be preferred to the railway administration within six months from the date of the date of the delivery of the goods, and by section ..... brought by the plaintiff's (respondents) against the secretary of state for india and the bengal central flotilla company for compensation for the loss of goods delivered for carriage to the eastern bengal state railway and the flotilla company. the plaintiffs allege that they sent notices of demand to the traffic superintendent and to the district collector .....

United States Vs. Northwestern Stage Co.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... organized under the laws of a state is a citizen of the united states within the meaning of that term as used in the act of march 3, 1891, c. 538, concerning claims arising from indian depredations. the case is stated in the opinion. mr. justice white delivered the opinion of the court. this appeal was taken from ..... the treaty with mexico, relative to the adjustment of unsettled claims, 15 stat. 679, jurisdiction is granted to a commission to consider "all claims on the part of corporations, companies or private individuals, citizens of the united states, upon the government of the mexican republic." similar language was also employed in the treaties with venezuela, 16 stat. 713, 714 ..... were citizens of the state which, by its laws, created the corporation. muller v. dows, 94 u. s. 44 , 94 u. s. 45 ; st. louis & san francisco railway co. v. james, 161 u. s. 545 . with this frequent use by congress of the words "citizens of the united states" as embracing a corporation of a state, it remains .....