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Chadwick Vs. Kelley

Court : US Supreme Court

..... substitute for a fixed legislative standard a fluctuating judicial standard based upon actual benefits received and measured by values or enhanced values to be established by evidence and proof." we think these views are consonant with ..... and power in the matter of the paving of hagan avenue. having done so, the legislature itself has designated how, in what proportion, and by what standard this cost is to be met. the council was not at liberty to depart from this apportionment. the judiciary is not authorized to alter it and to ..... the great weight of authority, both state and federal. as expressed by cooley in his work on taxation, page 429: "the matter is wisely confided to the legislature .....

Penn Refining Co., Ltd. Vs. Western N.Y. and PA. R. Co.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... , that plaintiffs were subjected to undue prejudice and that an undue advantage was given their competitors in business, among others, the standard oil trust, had no relation to discrimination arising from a charge for the weight of the barrel, but was connected with the averment that the charge of sixty-six cents for the carriage of the oil ..... was sent to ports in new york harbor near perth amboy; the seaboard, and not perth amboy alone, being the place of competition between the plaintiffs and the standard oil trust and others. 3. that the carrier hired tank cars from the shippers of the oil and paid for them a certain sum, measured by the miles ..... unchanged, should be condemned." upon referring to the order actually made by the commission, its language is "that the action of the defendants in charging for the weight of barrels on shipments of refined oil in barrels over the several through lines formed by their respective railroads from titusville, oil city, and other points in the .....

St. Louis, I.M. and S. Ry. Co. Vs. Taylor

Court : US Supreme Court

..... after july first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, no cars, either loaded or unloaded, shall be used in interstate traffic which do not comply with the standard above provided for." the action taken in compliance with this law by the american railway association, which was duly certified to and promulgated by the interstate commerce ..... partially loaded, the law allows a variation of full three inches between the center of the drawbars of such cars, without regard to the amount of weight in the partially loaded car." this request, taken in connection with the instruction that the drawbars of unloaded cars should be of the height prescribed by the ..... . on this state of the evidence, the defendant was refused instructions, in substance, that, if the defendant furnished cars which were constructed with drawbars of a standard height, and furnished shims to competent inspectors and trainmen, and used reasonable care to keep the drawbars at a reasonable height, it had complied with its statutory .....

Ling Su Fan Vs. United States

Court : US Supreme Court

..... million pesos, for use in said islands, a silver coin of the denomination of one peso, and of the weight of four hundred and sixteen grains, and the standard of said silver coins shall be such that of one thousand parts, by weight, nine hundred shall be of pure metal and one hundred of alloy, and the alloy shall be of copper." section ..... . s. 308 the seizure of the money or bullion so forfeited is made, and the other two-thirds shall be payable to the philippine government, and accrue to the gold standard fund. provided, that the prohibition herein contained shall not apply to sums of p. 25.00 or less, carried by passengers leaving the philippine islands." "sec 2. the exportation or .....

Gopessuar Dutt and Jarat Kumari Dassi Vs. Bissessur Dutt

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : 13Ind.Cas.577

..... improbability, so that where, as in this case, forgery comes in question in a civil suit, the presumption against misconduct is not without its due weight as a circumstance of improbability, though the standard of proof to the exclusion of all reasonble doubt required in a criminal case may not be applicable cf. per willes, j., in cooper v ..... differently in similar circumstances and much of that which has been classed as improbable in this case comas to little more than a failure to observe a higher standard of precaution and to do the wisest and safest thing under the circumstances.103. the conclusion then to which i come is that gopessur did sign exhibit d ..... test which experience commends, the evidence act, in conformity with the general tendency of the day, adopted the requirements of the prudent man as an appropriate concrete standard by which to measure proof.26. the evidence act is at the same time expressed in terms which allow full effect to be given to circumstances or conditions of .....

Jarat Kumari Dassi Vs. Bissessur Dutt

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : (1912)ILR39Cal245

..... improbability, so that where, as in this case, forgery comes in question in a civil suit, the presumption against misconduct is not without its due weight as a circumstance of improbability, though the standard of proof to the exclusion of all reasonable doubt required in a criminal case may not be applicable: cooper v. slade (1857) 6 h.l ..... differently in similar circumstances. and much of that which has been classed as improbable in this case comes to little more than a failure to observe a higher standard of precaution and to do the wisest and safest thing under the circumstances.30. the conclusion then to which i come is that gopessur did sign exhibit d ..... test which experience commends, the evidence act, in conformity with the general tendency of the day, adopted the requirements of the prudent man as an appropriate concrete standard by which to measure proof.10. the evidence act is at the same time expressed in terms which allow full effect to be given to circumstances or conditions of .....

Savage Vs. Jones

Court : US Supreme Court

..... to the materials of which it is made, or when the percentage of crude fiber is above or the percentage of crude fat or crude protein below the standards adopted for concentrated commercial feeding stuffs. the state chemist is further empowered to refuse to issue stamps or labels to any manufacturer, importer, dealer, agent, or ..... hydrate, or acetanilid, or any derivative or preparation of any of such substances contained therein." "third. if in package form, and the contents are stated in terms of weight or measure, they are not plainly and correctly stated on the outside of the package." "fourth. if the package containing it or its label shall bear any statement, ..... of public concern, it is within the protective power of the state to intervene. laws providing for the inspection and grading of flour, the inspection and regulation of weights and measures, the weighing of coal on public scales, and the like, are all competent exercises of that power, and it is not perceived why the prevention .....

Schmidinger Vs. Chicago

Court : US Supreme Court

..... and size of the loaf, the atmospheric condition, and the dryness and temperature of the place where kept. it appears that, in order to insure bread of the standard weight of sixteen ounces, it is necessary to scale the dough before baking at about twenty ounces. the record also shows that, although the price of bread sold by ..... that a full pound loaf, with the variations provided, would page 226 u. s. 589 furnish the best standard. it has not fixed the price at which bread may be sold. it has only prescribed that the standard weight must be found in the loaves of the sizes authorized. to the argument that to make exactly one pound loaves ..... be made for them. this court has had frequent occasion to declare that there is no absolute freedom of contract. the exercise of the police power fixing weights and measures and standard sizes must necessarily limit the freedom of contract which would otherwise exist. such limitations are constantly imposed upon the right to contract freely page 226 u. s .....

Mcdermott Vs. Wisconsin

Court : US Supreme Court

..... terms of 7, drugs are "adulterated" where, if they are sold under a name recognized in the united states pharmacopoeia, and differ from the standard of strength therein laid down, the standard of strength, etc., is not plainly stated upon the bottle, box, or other container, and food is "adulterated" where it contains an added ..... or dealer. address of the manufacturer or dealer. . . . in all mixtures in which glucose is used in the proportion of more than 75 percent by weight, the name of the syrup or molasses which is mixed with the glucose for flavoring purposes, and the words showing that said syrup or molasses is used as ..... of the ingredients composing such mixture, as follows:" " * * * *" page 228 u. s. 126 "third. in case such mixture shall contain glucose in a proportion exceeding 75 percent by weight, it shall be labeled and sold as 'glucose flavored with maple syrup,' 'glucose flavored with sugar-cane syrup,' . . . 'glucose flavored with refiners' syrup,' . . . as the case .....

Campbell Vs. Northwest Eckington Improvement Co.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... , unequivocal, and convincing. maxwell land grant case, 121 u. s. 325 , 121 u. s. 381 . the evidence of the complainants does not, we think, measure up to the standard. the result of these views is that the decree, insofar as it sets aside the deed of january 16, 1903, as being merely conditional and dependent upon performance by campbell ..... true intent and purpose of the deed of january 16, 1903, to be as indicated in the opinion of the court of appeals. that court, while conceding the evidential weight of campbell's sworn answer, under the rule laid down in vigel v. hopp, supra, differed from mr. justice anderson in his view of the circumstances surrounding the transaction ..... to give a different effect to a deed than that of its face, and where the bill does not waive an answer under oath, and defendant does answer under oath, weight must be given to the answer. vigil v. hopp, 104 u. s. 441 . to justify the setting aside of a solemn instrument of conveyance deliberately made by parties .....