 | United States. Supreme Court - 1852 - 668 pages
...is now fully established to be this : " That any ambiguity in the terms of the contract must operate against the corporation, and in favor of the public ; and the corporation can claim nothing but what is clearly given by the act." See Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge, 11 Pet. 544. Construing... | |
 | Isaac Fletcher Redfield - 1867 - 930 pages
...public grants are to be construed strictly, that any ambiguity in the terms of the grant must operate against the corporation and in favor of the public, and the corporation can claim nothing but what is clearly given by the act.' This being the definitive determination of the court of last... | |
 | Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Austin Abbott - 1869 - 1028 pages
...doubt or ambiguity in its terms, and the power claimed is not clearly given, it cannot be exercised. The rights of the public are never presumed to be...intention to surrender clearly appears in the law. U. 8. Supreme Ct. 1849, Perrine r. Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Co. 9 How. 172. 95. Although neither... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1870 - 820 pages
...The Warren Bridge, 11 Pet. 420, is this : that any ambiguity in the terms of the grant must operate against the corporation and in favor of the public,...corporation can claim nothing that is not clearly given by the law. We do not mean to say that the charter is to receive a strained and unreasonable interpretation,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1870 - 746 pages
...is now fully established to be this: " That any ambiguity in the terms of the contract must operate against the corporation, and in favor of the public; and the corporation can claim nothing but what is clearly given by the act." See Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge, 11 Pet. 544. Construing... | |
 | Nevada. Supreme Court - 1872 - 542 pages
...doubt or ambiguity in its terms and the power claimed is not clearly given, it cannot be exercised. The rights of the public are never presumed to be...unless the intention to surrender clearly appears ia the law." Perrine v. Chesapeake £ Del. Canal Co., 9 How. 180. It would seem under the facts and... | |
 | Nevada. Supreme Court - 1872 - 526 pages
...The Warren Bridge, 11 Pet. 420, is this : That any ambiguity in the terms of the grant must operate against the corporation and in favor of the public,...corporation can claim nothing that is not clearly given by the law. We do not mean to say that the charter is to receive a strained and unreasonable interpretation,... | |
 | 1876 - 816 pages
..."Public grants are to be construed strictly, and any ambiguity in the terms of the grant must operate against the corporation, and in favor of the public, and the corporation can claim nothing but what is clearly given by the act." In CInrlcs River Bridge v. Warren Bridge, 11 Peters 548, Chief... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1877 - 1104 pages
...public grants are to be construed strictly; that any ambiguity in the terms of the grant must operate against the corporation and in favor of the public, and the corporation can claim nothing but what is clearly given by the act" — quoted by Redfield, supra, in note on page 432. And that... | |
 | Orlando Bump - 1878 - 474 pages
...applies. Hence the rule for construing charters is, that any ambiguity in their terms must operate against the corporation and in favor of the public,...corporation can claim nothing that is not clearly given to it by the act. The exercise of a corporate franchise, being restrictive of individual rights, can... | |
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But the rule of construction in cases of this description, as recognized by this court in the case of The Charles River Bridge v . The Warren Bridge, 11 Pet. 420, is this : that any ambiguity in the terms of the grant must operate against the corporation... 
