 California passed an act providing that "the common law of England, so far as it is not repugnant to or inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution or laws of the State of California, shall be the rule of decision in all...  Commentaries on the Criminal Law - Page 22by Joel Prentiss Bishop - 1858Full view - About this book
 | William Sampson - 1824 - 76 pages
...cannot be long delayed, and which alone can satisfy the determined will of the people. Having adopted the common law of England so far as it is not repugnant to our constitutions, we have a mighty interest to know clearly what it is, and from what slock it comes.... | |
 | Ebenezer Meriam - 1847 - 224 pages
...management, good government, and general welfare of the city, as are not, or may not be prohibited by, or inconsistent with, the Constitution of the United States, or the Constitution of this State, or any law thereof; and to affix penalties to the violation of any city law ; but such... | |
 | John Arnold Rockwell - 1851 - 700 pages
...1850. The people of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembby, d» enact as follows : The Common Law of England, so far as it is not repugnant...rule of decision in. all the Courts of this State. AN ACT For the hetter regulation of the nines, find the government of Foreign Ifliucrs. Passed April... | |
 | California, Selucius Garfielde, Frederick A. Snyder - 1853 - 1108 pages
...of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : Common low of The common law of England, so far as it is not repugnant to or England to rale decisions of inconsistent with the constitution of the United btates, or the constitution... | |
 | William H. R. Wood - 1857 - 834 pages
...Limitation of hours of labor. I. COMMON LAW. Act of April 13, 1800, adopting the Common Law. ARTICLE 735. The common law of England, so far as it is not repugnant...rule of decision in all the courts of this state. II. FORM OF ACTION, PARTIES, PLEADIN'GS, EVIDENCE, TRIAL, JUDGMENT, EXECUTION, ETC. Act of April 29,... | |
 | W. C. Anderson - 1859 - 104 pages
...Act adopting the common law," passed April 18, 1850, is as follows : " The common law of England, as far as it is not repugnant to, or inconsistent with,...rule of decision in all the courts of this State." In view of these several provisions of the Constitution, and this Act of the Legislature, is Christianity... | |
 | William Astley Cooper Anderson - 1859 - 92 pages
...Act adopting the common law," passed April 18, 1850, is as follows: " The common law of England, as far as it is not repugnant to, or inconsistent with,...rule of decision in all the courts of this State." In view of these several provisions of the Constitution, and this Act of the Legislature, is Christianity... | |
 | William Anderson Scott - 1859 - 162 pages
...not just as fully the birth-right of the Israelite, the Italian and the Turk? It is true, also, that "the common law of England, so far as it is not repugnant or inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States, or the Constitution or laws of the State... | |
 | 1860 - 1122 pages
...Government itself. Nor could the Act of the California Legislature of April 13th, 1850, providing that " The Common Law of England, so far as it is not repugnant...rule of decision in all the Courts of this State,'' and the subsequent Act of April 22d, 1850, declaring, " That all laws now in force in this State, except... | |
 | James De Fremery - 1860 - 118 pages
...13, 1850," the common law of England was made " the rule of decision in all the courts of this State, so far as it is not repugnant to or inconsistent with...the United States, or the constitution or laws of California." § 5. The common law, intent upon avoiding injury to commerce, the moving power alike... | |
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