 In countries where the common law prevails, it has been customary from time immemorial for the legislature to declare what shall be a reasonable compensation under such circumstances, or, perhaps more properly speaking, to fix a maximum beyond which any...  Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Nebraska - Seite 656von Nebraska. Supreme Court, David Allen Campbell, Guy Ashton Brown, Walter Alber Leese, Lorenzo Crounse, Lee Herdmen, Henry Clay Lindsay, Henry Paxon Stoddart - 1885Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson - 1833 - 812 Seiten
...the power of the legislature "to declare what shall be a reasonable compensation for such services, or, perhaps more properly speaking, to fix a maximum...beyond which any charge made would be unreasonable," the chief justice said : " To limit the rate of charges for services rendered in a public employment,... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1891 - 782 Seiten
...reasonable is a judicial, and not a legislative, question. As has already been shown, the practice has been otherwise. In countries where the common law prevails,...matters in which the public has no interest, what is reasonable must be ascertained judicially. But this is because the legislature has no control over... | |
 | 1921 - 510 Seiten
...Granger Cases looked to judicial history, and expressly limited the right to legislate in saying : "In countries where the common law prevails it has...to declare what shall be a reasonable compensation * * * (for property clothed with a public use). Undoubtedly in mere private contracts relating to matters... | |
 | 1877 - 558 Seiten
...reasonable is a judicial and not a legislative question. As has already been shown, the practice has been otherwise. In countries where the common law prevails,...matters in which the public has no interest, what Is reasonable must be ascertained judicially. But this is because the legislature has no control over... | |
 | Illinois - 1877 - 182 Seiten
...question. As has already been shown, the practice has been otherwise. In countries where the common-law prevails, it has been customary from time immemorial...matters in which the public has no interest, what is reasonable must be ascertained judicially. But this is because the legislature has no control over... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1877 - 526 Seiten
...reasonable is a judicial and not a legislative question. As has already been thown, the practice has been otherwise. In countries where the common law prevails...circumstances; or, perhaps more properly speaking, to tix a maximum beyond which any charge made would be unreasonable. Undoubtedly in mere private contracts... | |
 | Edward Lillie Pierce - 1881 - 684 Seiten
...maintains the use, he must submit to the control." ..." In countries where the common law prevails, it lias been customary from time immemorial for the legislature...matters in which the public has no interest, what is reasonable must be ascertained judicially. But this is because the legislature has no control over... | |
 | Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of California - 1882 - 664 Seiten
...it is the duty of the Courts to set it aside. Justice Waite, in the celebrated Granger Cases, says: "In countries where the common law prevails, it has...beyond which any charge made would be unreasonable." [The italics are ours.] Now, the second clause of the above paragraph materially modifies the first;... | |
 | David Rorer - 1884 - 996 Seiten
...reasonable is a judicial and not a legislative question. As has already been shown, the practice has been otherwise. In countries where the common law prevails,...speaking, to fix a maximum beyond which any charge njade would be unreasonable. Undoubtedly, in mere private contracts, relating to matters in which the... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1886 - 926 Seiten
...public interest, and that what is reasonable is a judicial and not a legislative question. As hits already been shown, the practice is otherwise. In...matters in which the public has no interest, what is reasonable must be ascertained judicially. But this is because the legislature has no control over... | |
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