The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All the Railroad Cases in the Courts of Last Resort in America and EnglandLawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson Edward Thompson Company, 1886 Covers cases decided [1879?]-1895. |
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... liable in damages by way of set - off , or otherwise . Nor is he liable , although the corporation had a regular attorney , for the employment of additional counsel in a suit against him and the other direc- tors , personally , for ...
... liable in damages by way of set - off , or otherwise . Nor is he liable , although the corporation had a regular attorney , for the employment of additional counsel in a suit against him and the other direc- tors , personally , for ...
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... liable for damages if he does so act without corporate authority . Stokes v . New Jersey Pottery Co. , 46 N. J. Law . He is not , however , liable unless his action results in injury to the company ; and the courts do not proceed upon ...
... liable for damages if he does so act without corporate authority . Stokes v . New Jersey Pottery Co. , 46 N. J. Law . He is not , however , liable unless his action results in injury to the company ; and the courts do not proceed upon ...
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... liable for the whole salary . On that point there is no omission in the contract . The promise is joint and is for the whole sum . To import into the contract a stipulation that each road should be liable for one half ERAL CANNOT BE of ...
... liable for the whole salary . On that point there is no omission in the contract . The promise is joint and is for the whole sum . To import into the contract a stipulation that each road should be liable for one half ERAL CANNOT BE of ...
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... liable to pay for the shares he thus subcribed for , because the amount of the capital stock was not fixed and the minimum number of shares named in the charter case , PROMISE TO PAY FOR SHARES UN- CONDITIONAL . 14 SKOWHEGAN AND ATHENS ...
... liable to pay for the shares he thus subcribed for , because the amount of the capital stock was not fixed and the minimum number of shares named in the charter case , PROMISE TO PAY FOR SHARES UN- CONDITIONAL . 14 SKOWHEGAN AND ATHENS ...
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... liable to pay in such if he were a mere subscriber for stock , or if this action were for legal assessments , but he , in addition to his subscription for shares , expressly promised to pay $ 50 each for them , and this action is on his ...
... liable to pay in such if he were a mere subscriber for stock , or if this action were for legal assessments , but he , in addition to his subscription for shares , expressly promised to pay $ 50 each for them , and this action is on his ...
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Página 424 - Every such corporation shall start and run their cars for the transportation of passengers and property, at regular times, to be fixed by public notice; and shall furnish sufficient accommodations for the transportation of all such passengers and property, as shall, within a reasonable time previous thereto, be offered for transportation at the place of starting...
Página 85 - Municipal and other corporations and individuals invested with the privilege of taking private property for public use, shall make just compensation for property taken, injured, or destroyed by the construction or enlargement of their works, highways, or improvements, which compensation shall be paid or secured before such taking, injury, or destruction.
Página 473 - Duress, in its more extended sense, means that degree of constraint or danger, either actually inflicted or threatened and impending, which is sufficient, in severity or in apprehension, to overcome the mind and will of a person of ordinary firmness.* Opinion of the court.
Página 512 - And the General Assembly shall, from time to time, pass laws establishing reasonable maximum rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freight on the different railroads in this State.
Página 324 - ... because the implied contract of the master does not extend to Indemnify the servant against the negligence of any one but himself; and he is not liable in tort, as for the negligence of his servant, because the person suffering does not stand towards him in the relation of a stranger, but Is one whose rights are regulated by contract, express or implied.
Página 480 - His business will not admit such a course. He prefers, rather, to accept any bill of lading, or sign any paper the carrier presents; often, indeed, without knowing what the one or the other contains. In most cases, he has no alternative but to do this, or abandon his business.
Página 233 - ... due process of law,' but if found to be arbitrary, oppressive, and unjust, it may be declared to be not 'due process of law.
Página 324 - Besides, it appears to us, that the argument rests upon an assumed principle of responsibility which does not exist. The master, in the case supposed, is not exempt from liability, because the servant has better means of providing for his safety, when he is employed in immediate connection with those from whose negligence he might suffer ; but because the implied contract of the master does not extend to indemnify the servant against the negligence of any one but himself...
Página 59 - The summons shall be served by delivering a copy thereof as follows : 1. If the suit be against a corporation, to the president or other head of the corporation, secretary, cashier, treasurer, a director, or managing agent thereof; but such service can be made in respect to a foreign corporation only when it has property within this State, or the cause of action arose therein, or where such service shall be made within this State personally upon the president, treasurer, or secretary thereof.
Página 235 - that, although there are no positive words in a statute requiring that the party shall be heard, yet the justice of the common law will supply the omission of the legislature.