The American Law Review, Volume 9Little, Brown, and Company, 1875 - Law |
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Page 64
... alter the act of incorporation as the legislature may think the public interest demands . The rights and privileges conferred cannot be separated from the restrictions and duties imposed . The power to take toll cannnot be distinguished ...
... alter the act of incorporation as the legislature may think the public interest demands . The rights and privileges conferred cannot be separated from the restrictions and duties imposed . The power to take toll cannnot be distinguished ...
Page 65
... alter or impair the obligation ; no right can vest , for it is agreed by both the grantee and the creditor that none shall vest . The creditor makes his investment cum onere , and cannot complain that the alteration of the charter ...
... alter or impair the obligation ; no right can vest , for it is agreed by both the grantee and the creditor that none shall vest . The creditor makes his investment cum onere , and cannot complain that the alteration of the charter ...
Page 68
... alteration of the charter , rights which were never derived from the state through the charter . The state can deal ... alter or repeal ' a charter at any time after it is granted , simply confis- cate , for the supposed benefit of the ...
... alteration of the charter , rights which were never derived from the state through the charter . The state can deal ... alter or repeal ' a charter at any time after it is granted , simply confis- cate , for the supposed benefit of the ...
Page 69
... alter a charter , it can do so only by an act which belongs to the sphere of legislation . It cannot confiscate prop- erty . It cannot , under pretence of amending a charter , despoil a char- tered company for the public good . Such an ...
... alter a charter , it can do so only by an act which belongs to the sphere of legislation . It cannot confiscate prop- erty . It cannot , under pretence of amending a charter , despoil a char- tered company for the public good . Such an ...
Page 70
... altered or repealed by the legislature at any time after their passage . In legal effect , therefore , there was ... alter the terms of a cor- porate charter as to rates for transit of persons and property exclusively within the limits ...
... altered or repealed by the legislature at any time after their passage . In legal effect , therefore , there was ... alter the terms of a cor- porate charter as to rates for transit of persons and property exclusively within the limits ...
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