 States shall proceed in all respects like other civil suits for damages, except that on the trial of such suit the findings and order of the commission shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated...  Surface Transportation Ratemaking Bills: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on ... - Page vby United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation - 1957 - 376 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States - Law - 1914 - 1272 pages
...the causes for which he claims damages, and the order of the Commission in the premises. Such suit ns hereafter brought against any such common carrier by railroad under or by virtue of any petitioner shall not be liable for costs in the circuit court nor for costs at any subsequent stage... | |
 | Appellate courts - 1914 - 746 pages
...railroad companies. This same Act of 1887, the Interstate Commerce Act, section 16, says that such suit shall proceed in all respects like other civil suits...except that on the trial of such suit the findings and the order of the Commission shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated. You will notice... | |
 | Herbert Confield Lust - Interstate commerce - 1921 - 940 pages
...damages for the exaction of unreasonable rates in violation of Act to Regulate Commerce, § 1, should proceed In all respects like other civil suits for damages, except that on the trial the findings and order of the Commission are, pursuant to section 16, prlma facie evidence of the facts... | |
 | Herbert Confield Lust - Interstate commerce - 1916 - 1022 pages
...provision in section 15 of the Interstate Commerce Act that any actions in the United States courts "the findings and order of the Commission shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated"is not unconstitutional because it infringes upon the right of trial by jury and... | |
 | United States - Law - 1914 - 962 pages
...right is not invalidated or impaired by the qualification of the rules of evidence, to the effect that 'the findings and order of the Commission shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated.' By reason of this qualification, the plaintiff may now avail himself of a new... | |
 | Herbert Confield Lust - Interstate commerce - 1917 - 1102 pages
...Interstate Commerce Act, that a suit for damages based on an award of the Interstate Commerce Commission "shall proceed in all respects like other civil suits for damages," except that "the findings and order of the Commission shall be prlma facie evidence of the facts therein stated,"... | |
 | American Telephone and Telegraph Company - Public service commissions - 1914 - 722 pages
...made may, within one year of its date, file a petition in a court of competent jurisdiction. Such suit shall proceed in all respects like other civil suits for damages, except that the order of the commission shall be prima facie evidence ol the facts therein stated. Acts 1912, No.... | |
 | American Telephone and Telegraph Company - Public service commissions - 1914 - 720 pages
...be made, may sue therefor in any court of common pleas of this Commonwealth; and said order made by the commission shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated, and that the amount awarded is justly due the plaintiff in such suit, and the defendant public service... | |
 | Appellate courts - 1915 - 748 pages
...the causes for which he claims damages, and the order of the Commission in the premises. Such suit shall proceed in all respects like other civil suits...the Commission shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated." After other provisions, the section, as amended, further provides (the italics... | |
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