| Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 1116 pages
...whether it is or is cot a common carrier. It is the right of the public to use the road's facilities and to demand service of it rather than the extent of its business which is the real criterion determinative of its character." The inquiry here is not whether the plaintiff... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 914 pages
...whether it is or is not a common carrier. It is the right of the public to use the road's facilities and to demand service of it rather than the extent of its business which is the real criterion determinative of its character. This principle has been frequently recognized... | |
| Louisiana Railroad Commission - Railroads - 1914 - 668 pages
...character of the order of the Interstate Commerce Commission) that "the right of the public to use the facilities of a railroad and to demand service of it, rather than the-extent of its business, is the rcal criterion by which to determine whether or not it is a common... | |
| Felix Frankfurter - Interstate commerce - 1915 - 736 pages
...whether it is or is not a common carrier. It is the right of the public to use the road's facilities and to demand service of it rather than the extent of its business which is the real criterion determinative of its character. This principle has been frequently recognized... | |
| Henry Clifford Spurr, Ellsworth Nichols - Law reports, digests, etc - 1915 - 1352 pages
...characteristics of a common carrier, said: "It is the right of the public to use the road's facilities and to demand service of it, rather than the extent of its business, which is the real criterion determinative of its character." These definitions taken from various sources... | |
| Appellate courts - 1915 - 734 pages
...whether it is or is not a common carrier. It is the right of the public to use the road's facilities and to demand service of it, rather than the extent of its business, which is the real criterion determinative of its character. This principle has been frequently recognized... | |
| Public Service Commission of Maryland - Corporations - 1916 - 588 pages
...characteristics of a common carrier, said: "It is the right of the public to use the road's facilities and to demand service of it rather than the extent of its business which is the real criterion determinative of its character." These definitions, taken from various... | |
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