General Rules of Practice Before the Commission in Proceedings Under the Interstate Commerce Act and Related Acts with Approved FormsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1889 |
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A. B. against RAILROAD above-named complainant respectfully above-named defendant Act to regulate ADJOURNMENTS AND EXTENSIONS administer oaths amended March answer application approved February attorney of record authorized to administer carrier complained carrier under Rule ceeding circuit court Commis Commissioner common carrier common control complainant respectfully shows COMPLAINTS UNDER SECTION County of 88 deem proper defendant above named depose as provided depositions under Rule district or circuit findings of fact hearing hereby INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION joint or connecting let complainant manner mission notice numbering each succeeding occupation and place opposite party ordinary writing pending Persons or carriers petition are true petitioner plainant or defendant plaint pœna printed proceeding RAILROAD COMPANY regu regulate commerce reparation Revised Statutes Rule XII RULES OF PRACTICE satisfaction satisfy the complaint Secretary section 13 sessions single carrier sion specified Subpoena take such deposition taking depositions testimony TRANSPORTATION LIBRARY twenty days type-writing UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN verified witness
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Page 14 - Reasonable notice must first be given in writing by the party or his attorney proposing to take such deposition to the opposite party or his attorney of record, as either may be nearest, which notice shall state the name of the witness and the time and place of the taking of his deposition.
Page 5 - That any person, firm, corporation, company, or association, or any mercantile, agricultural, or manufacturing society or other organization, or any body politic or municipal organization, or any common carrier, complaining of anything done or omitted to be done by any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act, in contravention of the provisions thereof...
Page 6 - Commission may conduct its proceedings in such manner as will best conduce to the proper dispatch of business and to the ends of justice.
Page 15 - Any person may be compelled to appear and depose and to produce documentary evidence in the same manner as witnesses may be compelled to appear and testify and produce documentary evidence before the commission as hereinbefore provided.
Page 6 - Territory, at the request of such commissioner or commission, and may institute any inquiry on its own motion in the same manner and to the same effect as though complaint had been made. No complaint shall at any time be dismissed because of the absence of direct damage to the complainant.
Page 5 - Commission to such common carrier, who shall be called upon to satisfy the complaint or to answer the same in writing within a reasonable time, to be specified by the Commission. If such common carrier, within the time specified, shall make reparation for the injury alleged to have been done, said carrier shall be relieved of liability to the complainant only for the particular violation of law thus complained of.
Page 15 - Every person deposing as herein provided shall be cautioned and sworn (or affirm, if he so request) to testify the whole truth, and shall be carefully examined. His testimony shall be reduced to writing by the magistrate taking the deposition, or under his direction, and shall, after it has been reduced to writing, be subscribed by the deponent.
Page 10 - A copy of the notice must at the same time be filed with the Commission. The filing of an answer will not be deemed an admission of the sufficiency of the complaint, but a motion to dismiss for insufficiency may be made at the hearing.
Page 5 - If such carrier shall not satisfy the complaint within the time specified, or there shall appear to be any reasonable ground for investigating said complaint, it shall be the duty of the Commission to investigate the matters complained of in such manner and by such means as it shall deem proper.
Page 11 - In case of failure to answer, the Commission will take such proof of the facts as may be deemed proper and reasonable, and make such order thereon as the circumstances of the case appear to require.