 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1909 - 1076 pages
...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 pages
...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...ambiguity in the terms of the contract must operate in favor of the public, and the plaintiffs can claim nothing which is not clearly given to them by... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, Sir William Hodges - 1836 - 508 pages
...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...not clearly given to them by the act. This rule is laid down in distinct terms by the Court in the case of Hull Dock Co. v. La Marche, 8 B. & C. 5 1 .... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1837 - 696 pages
...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...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 pages
...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... | |
 | 1846 - 956 pages
...them 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 Company of adventurers, and in favour of the public. The proprietors, therefore, can claim nothing... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, James Manning, Thomas Colpitts Granger - 1842 - 1056 pages
...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...not clearly given to them by the act. This rule is laid down in distinct terms by the court in the case of The Hull Dock Company v. La Marche (b) where... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Scott - 1842 - 830 pages
...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...not clearly given to them by the act. This rule is laid down in distinct terms by the court in the case of The Hull Dock Company v. La Marche, 8 B. &... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, James Manning, Thomas Colpitts Granger - 1842 - 1050 pages
...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...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.... | |
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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... 
