 The courts are not bound by mere forms, nor are they to be misled by mere pretenses. They are at liberty, indeed, are under a solemn duty, to look at the substance of things, whenever they enter upon the inquiry whether the legislature has transcended...  Annual Report - Page 135by Railroad Commission of the State of Florida - 1890Full view - About this book
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1913 - 804 pages
...192 (22 Am. Rep. 71). " Chief Justice Marshall said in Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch (U. 8.), 137 : ' The courts are not bound by mere forms, nor are they to be misled by mere pretenses. They are at liberty — indeed they are under a solemn duty — to look at the substance... | |
 | United States. Court of Claims, Audrey Bernhardt - 1952 - 936 pages
...own responsibility, determine whether, in any particular case, these limits have been passed. * * * The courts are not bound by mere forms, nor are they to be misled by mere pretenses. They are at liberty — indeed, are under a solemn duty — to look at the substance of... | |
 | 1889 - 1878 pages
...623, 8 Sup. Ct. Rep. 273, it was said by the supreme court of the United States: "It does not at all follow that every statute enacted ostensibly for the...bound by mere forms, nor are they to be misled by mere pretenses. They are at liberty, indeed, are under a solemn duty, to look at the substance of things,... | |
 | 1889 - 948 pages
...623, 8 Sup. Ct. Rep. 273, it was said by the supreme court of the United States : "It does not at all follow that every statute enacted ostensibly for the...bound by mere forms, nor are they to be misled by mere pretenses. They are at liberty, indeed, are under a solemn duty, to look at the substance of things,... | |
 | 1888 - 1450 pages
...persons on whom they are imposed, and if acts prohibited and actsiillowed are of equal obligation." The courts are not bound by mere forms, nor are they to be misled by mere pretenses. They are at liberty, indeed, are under a solemn duty, to look at the substance of things,... | |
 | 1888 - 1462 pages
...persons on whom they are imposed, and if acts prohibited and acts allowed are of equal obligation." The courts are not bound by mere forms, nor are they to be misled by mere pretenses. They are at liberty, indeed, are under a solemn duty, to look at the substance of things,... | |
 | 1906 - 1068 pages
...every statute enacted for those ends is to be accepted as a legitimate exercise of the police power of the state. There are, of necessity, limits beyond...b'y mere forms, nor are they to be misled by mere pretenses. They are at liberty— indeed, are under a solemn duty — to look at the substance of things... | |
 | 1912 - 1344 pages
...persons on whom they are imposed, and if acts prohibited and acts allowed are of equal obligation.' The courts are not bound by mere forms, nor are they to be misled by mere pretenses. They are at liberty — indeed, are under a solemn duty — to look at the substance of... | |
 | Henry William Blair - 1887 - 790 pages
...persons on whom they are imposed, and if acts prohibited and acts allowed are of equal obligation." The courts are not bound by mere forms, nor are they to be misled by mere pretenses. They are at liberty — indeed, are under a solemn duty — to look at the substance of... | |
 | 1914 - 812 pages
...report. 34 This theory of constitutional construction was given even more emphasis in another case: "The courts are not bound by mere forms, nor are they to be misled by mere pretenses. They are at liberty—indeed under a solemn duty — to look at the substance of things,... | |
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