 | Massachusetts. Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners - 1909 - 570 pàgines
...the words of the decision (Smith v. Ames, 169 US 466) upon which the company rests this claim : — What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return...the public convenience. On the other hand, what the public is entitled to demand is that no more be exacted from it ... than the services rendered for... | |
 | Joseph Asbury Joyce - 1909 - 1272 pàgines
...case). 680 for consideration, and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case. What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return...of that which it employs for the public convenience ; and, on the other hand, what the public is entitled to demand is that no more be exacted from it... | |
 | 1909 - 800 pàgines
...to be considered, specifically including "the sum required to meet operating expenses." It added : "We do not say that there may not be other matters...regarded in estimating the value of the property." The advocates of physical valuation seldom go back farther in the decisions of the Supreme Court than... | |
 | Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia - 1915 - 176 pàgines
...all are matters for consideration, and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case. We do not say that there may not be other matters to be regarded in estimating the \ alue of the property. What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return upon the value of that... | |
 | United States. General Accounting Office - 1973 - 498 pàgines
...are all matter for consideration, and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case. We do not say that there may not be other matters...regarded in estimating the value of the property." Professor Powell has described this "rule" as a "compound of contradictory considerations concocted... | |
 | United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations - 1981 - 272 pàgines
...matters for consideration, and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case. We did not say that there may not be other matters to be...return upon the value of that which it employs for public convenience. On the other hand, what the public is entitled to demand is that no more be exacted... | |
 | 1963 - 176 pàgines
...outstanding obligations, and justify a dividend upon all its stock. ..." The Supreme Court answered:17 "What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return...the public convenience. On the other hand, what the public is entitled to demand is that no more be exacted from it for the use of a public highway than... | |
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... present as compared with the original cost of construction, the probable earning capacity of the property under particular rates prescribed by statute, and the sum required to meet operating expenses, are all matters for consideration, and are to... 
