 This, like many other cases, is a bargain between a company of adventurers and the public, the terms of which are expressed in the statute ; and the rule of construction, in all such cases, is now fully established to be this ; that any ambiguity in the...  Cases Relating to Railways and Canals: 1840-1842 - Seite 493von Henry Iltid Nicholl, Thomas Hare, John Monson Carrow, Lionel Oliver, Edward Beavan, Thomas Edward Preston Lefroy - 1843Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1909 - 1076 Seiten
...grants of franchises by the public to a private corporation the established rule of construction is that any ambiguity in the terms of the contract must operate against the corporation and in favor of the public. The corporation takes nothing that is not clearly given by... | |
 | Massachusetts. General Court. Senate - 1833 - 806 Seiten
...fully established to be this : that any ambiguity in the terms of the contract must operate in favor of the public, and the plaintiffs can claim nothing...down in distinct terms by the court, in the case of Hull Dock Company against La Marc.he, 8th of Barnwell and Cressvvell, page 44. And it was also acted... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, Sir William Hodges - 1836 - 508 Seiten
...Statute ; and the rule of construction in all such cases, is now fully established to be this, — that any ambiguity in the terms of the contract, must...down in distinct terms by the Court in the case of Hull Dock Co. v. La Marche, 8 B. & C. 5 1 . where some previous authorities are cited ; and it was... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, Peregrine Bingham - 1836 - 856 Seiten
...a statute; and the rule of construction in all such cases is now fully established to be this, — that any ambiguity in the terms of the contract must...not clearly given to them by the act. This rule is (a) 4 B. 4- C. 208. (c) 2B.% Adol. 793. (t) 4 B. % C. 245. 1836. laid down in distinct terms by the... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1837 - 696 Seiten
...in the statute. And the rule of construction in all such cases is now fully established to be this: That any ambiguity in the terms of the contract must...the adventurers, and in favour of the public; and tAe plaintiffs can claim nothing which is not clearly given to them by the act." "Now, it is quite... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - 1838 - 818 Seiten
...considered as a bargain between the proprietors and the public, and that the rule of construction is, that any ambiguity in the terms of the contract must operate against the proprietors, and in favour of the public. Suppose the whole of the canal and the adjacent lands should... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Scott - 1842 - 830 Seiten
...the statute ; and the rule of construction in all such cases is now fully established to be this — that any ambiguity in the terms of the contract must...by the court in the case of The Hull Dock Company y. La Marche, 8 B. & C. 51, 2 M. & R. 107, where some previous authorities are cited ; and it was also... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, James Manning, Thomas Colpitts Granger - 1842 - 1050 Seiten
...in the statute, and the rule of construction in all such cases is now fully established to be this, that any ambiguity in the terms of the contract must...nothing which is not clearly given to them by the net. This rule is laid down in distinct terms by the court in the case of The Hull Dock Company v.... | |
 | Archibald John Stephens - 1842 - 998 Seiten
...and the public, the terms of which are expressed in the statute ; and the rule of -construction is, that any ambiguity in the terms of the contract must operate against the сошpany of adventurers, and in favour of the public. The proprietors, therefore, can claim nothing... | |
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