 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1913 - 704 pages
...to the Appellate Court because a franchise is involved, is untenable. A franchise is defined to be 'a special privilege conferred by the government upon...individual or corporation which does not belong to the citizens of the country generally, by common right.' ( 14 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law, — 2d ed. —... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 956 pages
...WILLS, 1. 30. First class. See VKXTDOK AND PüRtHASER. 9, 28. 37. Fixtures. See FIXTURES; LTENS, 39. 38. A franchise is a special privilege conferred by the...corporation, which does not belong to citizens of the government cennrully by common right, Stute v. Scougal (SD) ' 16: 477 "39. To be a franchise, the right... | |
 | Indiana. State Board of Tax Commissioners - 1900 - 100 pages
...commercial value and should be taxed in precisely the same way as the good will of a business. FRANCHISES. A franchise is a special privilege conferred by the...individual or corporation which does not belong to the citizens of the country generally by common right. This is the definition given by the Supreme... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1900 - 1030 pages
...Blackstone's Commentaries, 21. 'In this country it is a special 233 privilege granted by the state, which does not belong to citizens of the country generally by common right. This is the distinguishing feature of a franchise. A right which belongs to the government when conferred... | |
 | Herbert Thorndike Tiffany - Real property - 1903 - 1642 pages
...or branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a subject";22 and in this country as "a special privilege conferred by the government upon...citizens of the country generally by common right." 2S Franchises, then, are neither land, nor, except perhaps in exceptional cases, rights as to the use... | |
 | Herbert Thorndike Tiffany - Real property - 1903 - 902 pages
...or branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a subject";22 and in this country as "a special privilege conferred by the government upon...citizens of the country generally by common right." 2S Franchises, then, are neither land, nor, except perhaps in exceptional cases, rights as to the use... | |
 | American Society for Municipal Improvements - Municipal engineering - 1908 - 388 pages
...subsisting in the hands of a subject. The Supreme Court of the United States has denned a franchise as a special privilege conferred by the government upon...citizens of the country generally by common right. Webster defines a franchise to be a particular privilege conferred by grant from a- sovereign or a... | |
 | American Society for Municipal Improvements - 1908 - 392 pages
...subsisting in the hands of a subject. The Supreme Court of the United States has defined a franchise as a special privilege conferred by the government upon...citizens of the country generally by common right. Webster defines a franchise to be a particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government,... | |
 | New York (State) - Administrative courts - 1913 - 588 pages
...the Public Service Commissions Law. A franchise has been defined by the United State Supreme Court as a special privilege conferred by the government upon...individual or corporation which does not belong to the citizens of the country generally by common right. Augusta Bank v. Earle, 13 Pet 519, 595. Public... | |
 | New York (State). Public Service Commission. Second District - Railroads - 1913 - 892 pages
...Public Service Commissions Law. A franchise has been defined by the United States Supreme Court as a special privilege conferred by the Government upon...individual or corporation which does not belong to the citizens of the country generally by common right. Augusta Bank v. Earle, 13 Peters US 519. 595.... | |
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States has defined a franchise as a special privilege conferred by the government upon an individual or corporation, which does not belong to citizens of the country generally by common right. 
