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Northern Pacific Ry. Co. Vs. Wass
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-20-1911
Northern Pacific Ry. Co. v. Wass - 219 U.S. 426 (1911) U.S. Supreme Court Northern Pacific Ry. Co. v. Wass, 219 U.S. 426 (1911) Northern Pacific Railway Company v. Wass No. 181 Argued April 27, 28, 1910 Restored to docket for reargument December 19, 1910 Reargued January 19, 20, 1911 Decided February 20, 1911 219 U.S. 426 ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA Syllabus Decided on authority of Weyerhaeuser v. Hoyt, ante, p. 219 U. S. 380 . The facts are stated in the opinion. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court. In brief, the facts of this case are as follows: while a filed selection by the St. Paul & Northern Pacific Railway Company of land within the indemnity limits of a railroad grant was awaiting the action of the Secretary of Page 219 U. S. 427 the Interior, Fred Wass, in April, 1899, entered upon the land with the intention of making it a homestead, and continued in possession, making improvements, etc. In December follo...
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy R. Co. Vs. Mcguire
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-20-1911
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. Co. v. McGuire - 219 U.S. 549 (1911) U.S. Supreme Court Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. Co. v. McGuire, 219 U.S. 549 (1911) Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company v. McGuire No. 62 Argued December 5, 6, 1910 Decided February 20, 1911 219 U.S. 549 ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IOWA Syllabus Neither the excellence nor the defects of a legislative scheme may be permitted to determine the constitutionality of a state statute; in this Court, the only question is whether the statute transcends the limits of power defined by the federal Constitution. The legislature, provided it acts within constitutional limitations, is the arbiter of the public policy of the state, and it may by amendment enlarge the scope of a statute beyond the limits set upon the previous statute by the courts. While the court may, in the absence of legislation and in the light of the common law, uphold or condemn contracts in the light of what is concei...
Louisville and Nashville R. Co. Vs. Mottley
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-20-1911
Louisville & Nashville R. Co. v. Mottley - 219 U.S. 467 (1911) U.S. Supreme Court Louisville & Nashville R. Co. v. Mottley, 219 U.S. 467 (1911) Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company v. Mottley No. 246 Submitted January 9, 1911 Decided February 20, 1911 219 U.S. 467 ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATES OF KENTUCKY Syllabus The intent of Congress is to be gathered from the words of the act according to their ordinary acceptation, and the act should be construed in the light of circumstances existing at the time it was passed. Personal hardships cannot be considered, nor can the court mold the statute to meet its views of justice in a particular case. The Court must have regard to all the words used by Congress in a statute and give effect to them as far as possible, and the introduction of a new word into a statute indicates an intent to cure a defect in, and suppress an evil not covered by, the former law. The prohibition of the Act of February 4, 1887, c. 104, 2,...
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Ry. Co. Vs. Arkansas
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-20-1911
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. Co. v. Arkansas - 219 U.S. 453 (1911) U.S. Supreme Court Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. Co. v. Arkansas, 219 U.S. 453 (1911) Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company v. Arkansas No. 50 Argued November 11, 1910 Decided February 20, 1911 219 U.S. 453 ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS Syllabus A state is under an obligation to establish necessary and reasonable regulations for the safety of all engaged in business or domiciled within its limits, and passengers on trains of interstate carriers are entitled while within a state to the same protection of valid local laws as are citizens of the state. The states have never surrendered the power to care for the public safety, and the validity of police statutes enacted to that end which are not purely arbitrary or in conflict with a power granted to the general government cannot be questioned in federal courts. A state regulation that is uniform on all railroads of th...
Campbell Vs. Weyerhaeuser
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-20-1911
Campbell v. Weyerhaeuser - 219 U.S. 424 (1911) U.S. Supreme Court Campbell v. Weyerhaeuser, 219 U.S. 424 (1911) Campbell v. Weyerhaeuser No. 12 Argued April 27, 28, 1910 Restored to docket for reargument December 19, 1910 Reargued January 19, 20, 1911 Decided February 20, 1911 219 U.S. 424 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT Syllabus Decided on authority of Weyerhaeuser v. Hoyt, ante, p. 219 U. S. 380 . The facts are stated in the opinion. Page 219 U. S. 425 MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court. This case and the Hoyt case, just decided, are of the same general character, and were consolidated and tried below as one case. In this case, however, the application of Campbell to purchase the tract by him claimed was rejected by the Land Department, and Campbell was not permitted to enter the land. The land furnishing the selection basis also lay further west in Minnesota than the lost tract in the Hoyt case. The co...
Roughton Vs. Knight
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-20-1911
Roughton v. Knight - 219 U.S. 537 (1911) U.S. Supreme Court Roughton v. Knight, 219 U.S. 537 (1911) Roughton v. Knight No. 711 Submitted January 6, 1911 Decided February 20, 1911 219 U.S. 537 I N ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Syllabus As the Forest Reserve provision of the Sundry Civil Act of June 4, 1897, c. 2, 30 Stat. 36, did not prescribe the method which those entitled to avail of its provision should pursue, it was competent for the Secretary of the Interior to adopt the rules and regulations, which this Court has already held to be reasonable and valid, and entitled to respect and obedience. Cosmos Co. v. Gray Eagle Oil Co., 190 U. S. 301 . One not following the rules and regulations adopted by the Land Department for exchange of lands under the Forest Reserve Act and not accompanying his relinquishment deed with a proper selection in lieu of the land relinquished, and whose relinquishment was returned to him by the Department, did not be...
Southern Pacific Co. Vs. Icc
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-20-1911
Southern Pacific Co. v. ICC - 219 U.S. 433 (1911) U.S. Supreme Court Southern Pacific Co. v. ICC, 219 U.S. 433 (1911) Southern Pacific Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission No. 527 Argued December 13, 1910 Decided February 20, 1911 219 U.S. 433 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Syllabus An order of the Interstate Commerce Commission, made in consequence of assumption of powers not possessed by it, is void, and its enforcement should be restrained by the courts. The powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission do not extend to regulating and controlling the policy of the owners of railroads in fixing rates, and it cannot substitute for a just and reasonable rate, a lower rate either on the ground of policy or on the ground that the railroad was by its former conduct estopped from charging a reasonable rate. Where the shippers do not complain of a new and higher rate because it is intrinsically an unreasonable on...
Ex Parte Harding
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-20-1911
Ex Parte Harding - 219 U.S. 363 (1911) U.S. Supreme Court Ex Parte Harding, 219 U.S. 363 (1911) cg:219 U.S. 363*judgment*jurisdiction*mandamus*remand*remedies*supervisory power*supreme court* ct:Ex Parte Harding, 219 U. S. 363 (1911) Ex Parte Harding No. ___ Original Submitted December 12, 1910 Decided February 20, 1911 219 U.S. 363 Syllabus The general rule that a court, having jurisdiction over the subject matter and the parties, is competent to decide questions arising as to its jurisdiction and that its decisions on such questions are not open to collateral attack applied in this case, and mandamus refused to compel the circuit court to remand a case in which it decided that it had jurisdiction on the issues of citizenship and separable controversy. There is nothing peculiar in an order of the circuit court refusing to remand which differentiates it from any other order or judgment of a federal court concerning its jurisdiction. In this case, the exceptional rule th...
Noble State Bank Vs. Haskell
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-20-1911
Noble State Bank v. Haskell - 219 U.S. 575 (1911) U.S. Supreme Court Noble State Bank v. Haskell, 219 U.S. 575 (1911) Noble State Bank v. Haskell No. 71 Submitted January 27, 1911 Decided February 20, 1911 219 U.S. 575 MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE PETITION FOR REHEARING Syllabus Motion for leave to file petition for rehearing in Noble State Bank v. Haskell, ante, p. 219 U. S. 104 , denied. Even where powerful arguments can be made against the wisdom of legislation, this Court can say nothing, as it is not concerned therewith. Among the public uses for which private property may be taken are some which, if looked at only in their immediate aspect according to the approximate effect of the taking, may seem to be private. Clark v. Nash, 198 U. S. 361 ; Strickley v. Highland Boy Mining Co., 200 U. S. 527 . Payments required by a bank guarantee statute which can be avoided by going out of the banking business, and are required only as a condition for keeping on in such b...
Southern Pacific Terminal Co. Vs. Icc
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-20-1911
Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. ICC - 219 U.S. 498 (1911) U.S. Supreme Court Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. ICC, 219 U.S. 498 (1911) Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission Nos. 459, 460 Argued December 9, 1910 Decided February 20, 1911 219 U.S. 498 APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS Syllabus The case is not moot where interests of a public character are asserted by the Government under conditions that may be immediately repeated, merely because the particular order involved has expired. United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Assn., 166 U. S. 290 , 166 U. S. 308 . The rule that this court will only determine actual controversies, and will dismiss if events have transpired pending appeal which render it impossible to grant the appellant effectual relief does not apply to an appeal involving an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission merely because that order has expired. Such orders are...
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