| Massachusetts - 1903 - 854 pages
...executive function. Keeping in mind the fact therefore that trust companies are chartered primarily for the benefit of the public, and not for the benefit of those who obtain the charters, and that the public interests are best served by making certain that... | |
| 1909 - 1110 pages
...public. But the public expect, and they have a right to expect, that the business will be carried on for the benefit of the public, and not for the benefit of the office-holders nor for the political benefit of the party to whose charge the business has been intrusted.... | |
| Railroad Commission of Wisconsin - 1912 - 918 pages
...the same state." Perhaps the only answer to the argument of counsel is that the statute was enacted for the benefit of the public and not for the benefit of railroad corporations, and, therefore, the public alone can complain of its violation. A corporation... | |
| 1913 - 1236 pages
...or the land. The statute requiring the clerk to publish the list of nominations was clearly intended for the benefit of the public, and not for the benefit of newspapers. The benefit to the latter was only incidental. Certainly the law was not passed with the... | |
| Colorado. Supreme Court - 1913 - 672 pages
...or the land. The statute requiring the clerk to publish the list of nominations was clearly intended for the benefit of the public, and not for the benefit of newspapers. The benefit to the latter was only incidental. Certainly the law was not passed with the... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce - 1916 - 24 pages
...of from $700 to $1,000 for a company whose revenue is very scant and which, up to the present tune, has been operated almost entirely for the benefit...property. The way of the interurban has been a very rocky one up to the present time. Mr. CULLOP. I would like to ask if your employees on all your roads... | |
| William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich, Charles Porterfield, S. B. Fisher - 1917 - 1450 pages
...The powers which are delegated to a municipal corporation by the legislature are intended to be used for the benefit of the public, and not for the benefit of any one man or set of men, even if it may fairly be supposed that the prosperity of the community will... | |
| 1918 - 1150 pages
...that the proper test is that proposed by the Solicitor-General — a gift for a determinate purpose for the benefit of the public and not for the benefit of individual?. There is no reason why the question whether the purpose is a public one or not should... | |
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