The American and English Encyclopedia of Law, Volume 11John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland E. Thompson, 1890 |
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... question whether a party sustained the relation of guest or boarder to one keeping an inn at the time of the loss of articles sued for , would require , for its correct decision , a consideration of the situation of the parties . and ...
... question whether a party sustained the relation of guest or boarder to one keeping an inn at the time of the loss of articles sued for , would require , for its correct decision , a consideration of the situation of the parties . and ...
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... Question of Fact , etc. - But the question whether a party is a guest or a boarder is a fact to be found on all the evidence by the court when trial by jury has been waived , and unless the evidence is wholly insufficient to support a ...
... Question of Fact , etc. - But the question whether a party is a guest or a boarder is a fact to be found on all the evidence by the court when trial by jury has been waived , and unless the evidence is wholly insufficient to support a ...
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... Question of Lien . - The question of the inn keeper's it rests is , that Quattlebaum was not an inn keeper , and therefore not entitled to the rights and remedies of one . He was one who occasionally , and only as he thought proper ...
... Question of Lien . - The question of the inn keeper's it rests is , that Quattlebaum was not an inn keeper , and therefore not entitled to the rights and remedies of one . He was one who occasionally , and only as he thought proper ...
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... question has recently undergone a good deal of discussion in England , and the result is that the old cases remain unshaken , and it must now be regarded as the settled doctrine that agisters and livery stable keepers have no lien ...
... question has recently undergone a good deal of discussion in England , and the result is that the old cases remain unshaken , and it must now be regarded as the settled doctrine that agisters and livery stable keepers have no lien ...
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... question of the inn keeper's knowledge of the true owner- ship was not passed on , Turrill v . Crawley , 13 Q. B. 197 , the general doctrine of the existence of a lien on goods brought to the inn by a guest , where the inn keeper does ...
... question of the inn keeper's knowledge of the true owner- ship was not passed on , Turrill v . Crawley , 13 Q. B. 197 , the general doctrine of the existence of a lien on goods brought to the inn by a guest , where the inn keeper does ...
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Page 546 - Whatever subjects of this power are in their nature national, or admit only of one uniform system, or plan of regulation, may justly be said to be of such a nature as to require exclusive legislation by Congress.
Page 541 - The powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce, or the postal service known or in use when the Constitution was adopted, but they keep pace with the progress of the country and adapt themselves to the new developments of time and circumstances.
Page 540 - It is not intended to say that these words comprehend that commerce which is completely internal, which is carried on between man and man in a State, or between different parts of the same State, and which does not extend to or affect other States. Such a power would be inconvenient and is certainly unnecessary. Comprehensive as the word "among" is, it may very properly be restricted to that commerce which concerns more States than one.
Page 555 - It is also an established principle, as already indicated, that the only way in which commerce between the States can be legitimately affected by State laws is when, by virtue of its police power, and its jurisdiction over persons and property within its limits, a State provides for the security of the lives, limbs, health, and comfort of persons and the protection of property; or when it does those things which may otherwise incidentally affect commerce, such as the establishment and regulation...
Page 560 - ... from one State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, to any other State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or from any place in the United States...
Page 543 - ... power to establish ways of communication by land. But since, in consequence of the expansion of the country, the multiplication of its products, and the invention of railroads and locomotion by steam, land transportation has so vastly increased, a sounder consideration of the subject has prevailed and led to the conclusion that Congress has plenary power over the whole subject.
Page 550 - ... goods do not cease to be part of the general mass of property in the state, subject as such to its jurisdiction and to taxation in the usual way, until they have been shipped or entered with a common carrier for transportation to another state, or have been started upon such transportation in a continuous route or journey.
Page 561 - That nothing in this Act shall prevent the carriage, storage, or handling of property free or at reduced rates for the United States, State, or municipal governments...
Page 601 - Every subject has a right to be secure from all unreasonable searches and seizures of his person, his houses, his papers, and all his possessions. All warrants, therefore, are contrary to this right, if the cause or foundation of them be not previously supported by oath or affirmation...
Page 244 - That before the evidence is left to the jury, there is, or may be in every case, a preliminary question for the judge, not whether there is literally no evidence, but whether there is any upon which a jury can properly proceed to find a verdict for the party producing it, upon whom the burden of proof is imposed.