It is one thing to inquire whether the rates which have been charged and collected are reasonable — that is a judicial act ; but an entirely different thing to prescribe rates which shall be charged in the future — that is a legislative act. Reports of Cases Determined in the Appellate Courts of Illinois - Seite 423von Illinois. Appellate Court, Martin L. Newell, Mason Harder Newell, Walter Clyde Jones, Keene Harwood Addington, James Christopher Cahill, Basil Jones, James Max Henderson, Ray Smith - 1901Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Railroad Commission of Kentucky - 1910 - 576 Seiten
...made by the late Justice Brewer in Interstate Commerce Commission v. Railway Co., 167 US 479-499 : "It is one thing to inquire whether the rates which...charged in the future — that is a legislative act." It is to be noticed that the question with which the learned Justice was then confronted was whether... | |
| 1906 - 1166 Seiten
...Commerce Commission v. Cincinnati, etc., RR Co., 167 US 479, 499, 17 Sup. Ct. 896, 900 (42 L. Ed. 243) : "It is one thing to inquire whether the rates which...charged in the future — that is a legislative act" The court did not seek to fix a rate for future service by appellant, but exercised jurisdiction to... | |
| 1914 - 812 Seiten
...Court held it had no such right. 10 The conclusion of the court was condensed into the statement that "it is one thing to inquire whether the rates which...in the future, — that is a legislative act." In Louisville, NO & TR Co. v. Mississippi " the line between interstate and intrastate commerce was thus... | |
| 1897 - 550 Seiten
...necessary whenever the intent has been to give to the commissioners the legislative power of fixing rates. It is one thing to inquire whether the rates which...charged in the future — that is a legislative act. (Railway Co. v. Minnesota, 134 US 418, 458; Reagan v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co., 154 US 362, 397; Railway... | |
| 1897 - 836 Seiten
...relative to its power of ratemaking, the Supreme Court adds the following elementary statement : — " It is one thing to inquire whether the rates which...collected are reasonable,— that is a judicial act ; but it is an entirely different thing to prescribe rates which shall be charged in the future, — that... | |
| Joseph Nimmo (Jr.) - 1899 - 404 Seiten
...Cincinnati-Chicago Freight Bureau Case, already cited, announced the following rule of constitutional law : " It is one thing to inquire whether the rates which...different thing to prescribe rates which shall be charged for the future — that is a legislative act ; " And again : " The power to prescribe a tariff of rates... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce - 1900 - 502 Seiten
...rate making is clearly indica ted in the Cincinnati-Chicago Freight BureauCase (decided May 24, 1897): "It is one thing to inquire whether the rates which...charged in the future — that is a legislative act. (Railway Co. r. Minnesota, 134 US, 418, 458; Reagan v. Fanners' Loan & Trust Co., 1.54 U. 8., 302,397;... | |
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