 | Iowa. Board of Railroad Commissioners - Public utilities - 1899 - 348 pages
...created for public purposes. It performs a function of the state. Its authority to exercise the rie:ht of eminent domain and to charge tolls was given primarily for the benefit of the public. It is therefore under government control, subject, of course, to the constitutional guaranties for the protection... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1899 - 986 pages
...the right of eminent domain and to oharsre tolls was given primarily for the benefit of die puhlie. It is under governmental control, though such control...the guaranties for the protection of its property. Olcott v. Supervisors, 16 Wall. 078, (ЙЧ: Sinking Fund Cases, 90 US 700, 719; Cherokee Nation v.... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 1164 pages
...court said: "Such a corporation was created for public purposes. It performs a function of the state. Its authority to exercise the right of eminent domain...such control must be exercised with due regard to the constitutional guaranties for the protection of its property. It cannot, therefore, be admitted that... | |
 | United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - Interstate commerce - 1922 - 1070 pages
...the State. Such a corporation was created for public purposes. It performs a function of the State. Its authority to exercise the right of eminent domain...given primarily for the benefit of the public. It is, therefore, under governmental control — subject, of course, to the constitutional guarantees for... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1898 - 828 pages
...Supreme Court of the United States in disposing of the Nebraska freight rate cases March t, 1898: — "It cannot therefore be admitted that a railroad corporation maintaining a highway under the authoiity of the State may fix its rates with a view solely to its own interests and ignore the rights... | |
 | Railroad law - 1899 - 942 pages
...the state. Such a corporation was created for public purposes. It performs a function of the state. Its authority to exercise the right of eminent domain...such control must be exercised with due regard to the consti R Cas (N- S) Chicago, etc., Ry. Co. v. Tompkins tutional guaranties for the protection of its... | |
 | Iowa State Commerce Commission - Public utilities - 1899 - 348 pages
...the state. Such a corporation was created for public purposes. It performs a function of the state. Its authority to exercise the right of eminent domain...given primarily for the benefit of the public. It is therefore under government control, subject, of course, to the constitutional guaranties for the protection... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1899 - 868 pages
...for public purposes and performed a function of the State, and that its right to exercise the power of eminent domain and to charge tolls was given primarily for the benefit of the public, this court said : " It cannot, therefore, be admitted that a railroad corporation maintaining a highway... | |
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A railroad is a public highway, and none the less so because constructed and maintained through the agency of a corporation deriving its existence and powers from the state. Such a corporation was created for public purposes. It performs a function of... 
