New theories in physicsInternational Institute of Intellectual Co-operation, 1905 - 247 pages |
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... Congress granted certain lands upon the filing by the railroad company of maps of definite location . The land was formally con- veyed by patent to the plaintiff in 1891. Defendent , in 1877 , settled upon part of the land so granted ...
... Congress granted certain lands upon the filing by the railroad company of maps of definite location . The land was formally con- veyed by patent to the plaintiff in 1891. Defendent , in 1877 , settled upon part of the land so granted ...
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... Congress over Federal constitutional powers with regard to eminent domain and internal improvements . Professor Young has chosen this topic for a clearly - written and business - like treatise which , although disclaiming historical ...
... Congress over Federal constitutional powers with regard to eminent domain and internal improvements . Professor Young has chosen this topic for a clearly - written and business - like treatise which , although disclaiming historical ...
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LAW IN THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE . The Exposition at St. Louis and the Congress of Jurists which assembled there suggest an inquiry into the introduction and development of law in the Louisiana Purchase . The topic may have some present ...
LAW IN THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE . The Exposition at St. Louis and the Congress of Jurists which assembled there suggest an inquiry into the introduction and development of law in the Louisiana Purchase . The topic may have some present ...
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... Congress into the District of Louisiana ; then , in 1805 , into the Territory of Louisiana ; and then , in 1812 , into the Territory of Missouri ; and so , as will be hereafter seen , the two divisions of the Purchase parted company in ...
... Congress into the District of Louisiana ; then , in 1805 , into the Territory of Louisiana ; and then , in 1812 , into the Territory of Missouri ; and so , as will be hereafter seen , the two divisions of the Purchase parted company in ...
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... Congress of 1803 , the Territory of Orleans was organized , it was also provided that the rest of the Purchase should be called the District of Louisiana , and attached to the Territory of Indiana , and the government and judges of ...
... Congress of 1803 , the Territory of Orleans was organized , it was also provided that the rest of the Purchase should be called the District of Louisiana , and attached to the Territory of Indiana , and the government and judges of ...
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Page 257 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence, and affect the community at large. When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created.
Page 173 - The legislature cannot delegate its power to make a law; but it can make a law to delegate a power to determine some fact or state of things upon which the law makes, or intends to make, its own action depend.
Page 260 - What the company is entitled to demand, in order that it may have just compensation, is a fair return upon the reasonable value of the property at the time it is being used for the public.
Page 274 - I always thought that, when we should acquire Canada and Louisiana it would be proper to govern them as provinces, and allow them no voice in our councils.
Page 401 - That any telegraph company now organized, or which may hereafter be organized under the laws of any State in this Union, shall have the right to construct, maintain, and operate lines of telegraph through and over any portion of the public domain of the United States...
Page 367 - But to hold that such a characteristic is essential to due process of law, would be to deny every quality of the law but its age, and to render it incapable of progress or improvement. It would be to stamp upon our jurisprudence the unchangeableness attributed to the laws of the Medes and Persians.
Page 326 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law ; a law which hears before it condemns ; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.
Page 13 - ... nor shall any lottery or the sale of lottery tickets, pool-selling, book-making, or any other kind of gambling hereafter be authorized or allowed within this state ; and the legislature shall pass appropriate laws to prevent offenses against any of the provisions of this section.
Page 325 - A person has no property, no vested interest, in any rule of the common law. That is only one of .the forms of municipal law, and is no more sacred than any other. Rights of property which have been created by the common law cannot be taken away without due process; but the law itself, as a rule of conduct, may be changed at the will, or even at the whim, of the legislature, unless prevented by constitutional limitations. Indeed the great office of statutes is to remedy defects in the common law...
Page 336 - Until Congress shall provide for the government of such islands all the civil, judicial and military powers exercised by the officers of the existing government in said islands shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct; and the President shall have power to remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned.