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United States Vs. N.Y. Central R. Co.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-11-1929
United States v. N.Y. Central R. Co. - 279 U.S. 73 (1929) U.S. Supreme Court United States v. N.Y. Central R. Co., 279 U.S. 73 (1929) United States v. New York Central Railroad Company Nos. 238 and 304 Argued February 21, 25, 1929 Decided March 11, 1929 279 U.S. 73 CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CLAIMS Syllabus Under the Act of July 28, 1916, the Interstate Commerce Commission, in fixing the compensation to be paid by the United States Page 279 U. S. 74 to railroads for service in carrying the mails, has authority to make its order increasing rates operative from the time of the filing of the carrier's petition for increase. P. 279 U. S. 77 . 65 Ct.Cls. 115 affirmed. Certiorari, 278 U.S. 588, to judgments recovered by the railroad companies for services in carrying the mails. Page 279 U. S. 77 MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court. On February 25, 1921, and June 30, 1921, the respondent railroads respectively filed applications with the Interstate Commer...
Ohio Oil Co. Vs. Conway
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-05-1929
Ohio Oil Co. v. Conway - 279 U.S. 813 (1929) U.S. Supreme Court Ohio Oil Co. v. Conway, 279 U.S. 813 (1929) Ohio Oil Co. v. Conway No. 514 Argued Feb. 26, 1929 Decided March 5, 1929 279 U.S. 813 PER CURIAM. This is a suit to prevent the enforcement against the plaintiff of a statute of Louisiana (Act 5 of 1928) amending a prior Page 279 U. S. 814 statute (Act 140 of 1922) imposing a severance tax on the production of oil as a natural product of the soil. The prior act fixed the tax at three per cent. of the market value of the oil at the time and place of severance, and the amendatory act makes it a graduated tax ranging from 4 to 11 cents per barrel according to the gravity of the oil. As applied to the plaintiff's operations, the tax fixed by the amendatory act is about $12,000 more in each period of three months than the tax under the prior act would be for the like period. While admitting the validity of the prior act and declaring a willingness and readiness to pay the...
Lewis Vs. United States
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-05-1929
Lewis v. United States - 279 U.S. 63 (1929) U.S. Supreme Court Lewis v. United States, 279 U.S. 63 (1929) Lewis v. United States No. 182 Argued December 3, 4, 1928 Decided March 5, 1929 279 U.S. 63 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT Syllabus 1. An offense committed within the territorial limits of the Eastern District of Oklahoma, as then existing, was indictable and triable Page 279 U. S. 64 in the court of that district after the county where the offense was committed had been transferred by the Act of February 16, 1925 (amending Jud.Code, 101), to the new Northern District, this jurisdiction having been reserved by the terms of the Act and of Jud.Code, 59. P. 279 U. S. 70 . 2. The court of the Eastern District, as it is since the transfer of territory, is the same court as before, and whether exercising its jurisdiction over its restricted district or over transferred parts of the former district, sits as one and the same tribunal. P...
Flink Vs. Paladini
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-05-1929
Flink v. Paladini - 279 U.S. 59 (1929) U.S. Supreme Court Flink v. Paladini, 279 U.S. 59 (1929) Flink v. Paladini No. 299 Submitted February 21, 1929 Decided March 5, 1929 279 U.S. 59 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Syllabus 1. The words of the Acts of Congress limiting the liability of shipowners to the value of the vessel and pending freight, and of part owners to their proportional share, must be taken in a broad and popular sense in order not to defeat the policy of the acts to encourage investment in shipping. P. 279 U. S. 62 . 2. Therefore, where the title to the vessel is in a corporation whose stockholders are by state law made proportionately liable for obligations of the corporation, the stockholder may limit liability as "part owners." P. 279 U. S. 62 . 3. The individual liability assumed under Art. XII, 3, of the California Constitution and 322 of the Civil Code by becoming a stockholder of a California ship-owning corpor...
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