 | Iowa. Board of Railroad Commissioners - Public utilities - 1899 - 348 pages
...rates established by or for it are such as may be rightfully prescribed as between It and the public. A railroad Is a public highway, and none the less...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... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1899 - 986 pages
...rates established by or for It are such as may be rightfully prescribed as between It and the public. A railroad is a public highway, and none the less...public purposes. It performs a function of the state. Its authority to exercise the right of eminent domain and to oharsre tolls was given primarily for... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 1164 pages
...Smyth v. Ames, 169 US 466, at page 554, 169 US, page 433, 18 Sup. Ct., 42 L. Ed. 819, the 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 and to charge tolls was given primarily for the... | |
 | United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - Interstate commerce - 1922 - 1070 pages
...United States in the well-known case of Smyth v. Ames, 169 US, 466, held, as indicated by the syllabus : A railroad is a public highway, and none the less...public purposes. It performs a function of the State. Its authority to exercise the right of eminent domain and to charge tolls was given primarily for the... | |
 | United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - Interstate commerce - 1921 - 826 pages
...US, 466, held, as indicated by the syllabus : A railroad is a public highway, and none the less BO because constructed and maintained through the agency...public purposes. It performs a function of the State. Its authority to exercise the right of eminent domain and to charge tolls was given primarily for the... | |
 | United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - Interstate commerce - 1927 - 992 pages
...fair value " rule this statement in Smyth v. Ames, supra, at page 544, should never be forgotten : A railroad is a public highway, and none the less so because constructed aud maintained through the agency of a corporation deriving its existence and powers from the State.... | |
 | Iowa State Commerce Commission - Public utilities - 1899 - 348 pages
...rates established by or for It are such as may be rightfully prescribed as between it and the public. A railroad Is a public highway, and none the less...public purposes. It performs a function of the state. Its authority to exercise the right of eminent domain and to charge tolls was given primarily for the... | |
 | Edward Webster Bemis - Monopolies - 1899 - 720 pages
...rates established by or for it are such as may be rightly prescribed as between it and the public. A railroad is a public highway, and none the less...public purposes. It performs a function of the State. Its authority to exercise the right of eminent domain and to charge tolls was given primarily for the... | |
 | Edward Webster Bemis - Monopolies - 1899 - 722 pages
...rates established by or for it are such as may be rightly prescribed as between it and the public. A railroad is a public highway, and none the less...for public purposes. It performs a function of the Stale. Its authority to exercise the right of eminent domain and to charge tolls was given primarily... | |
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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... 
