The Bar: West Virginia, Volume 18West Virginia Bar Association., 1911 |
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... election , and that results do not any more de- pend upon party fealty but upon the question as to whether the administrators of the public trust are entitled to the plaudit : " Well done , good and faithful servants . " Mr. B. M. ...
... election , and that results do not any more de- pend upon party fealty but upon the question as to whether the administrators of the public trust are entitled to the plaudit : " Well done , good and faithful servants . " Mr. B. M. ...
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... election to renew said lease for the additional term , renders him tenant from year to year , and subject as such to the rights of the landlord and to be turned out of possession on notice at the end of any subsequent year . DUNCAN V ...
... election to renew said lease for the additional term , renders him tenant from year to year , and subject as such to the rights of the landlord and to be turned out of possession on notice at the end of any subsequent year . DUNCAN V ...
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... elections held to fill two offices , in respect to each of which there is legally an unexpired term and to one of them also a regular term , which the voters could fill at the time by election , making as to one office a term of about ...
... elections held to fill two offices , in respect to each of which there is legally an unexpired term and to one of them also a regular term , which the voters could fill at the time by election , making as to one office a term of about ...
Page 8
... election out of the legislatures and yet preserve the benefits of this important feature of the constitution . Why , for instance , could we not have the same plan that the constitution provides for the election of the President , ap ...
... election out of the legislatures and yet preserve the benefits of this important feature of the constitution . Why , for instance , could we not have the same plan that the constitution provides for the election of the President , ap ...
Page 8
... election hanging over to wipe it out unless it immediately abdicates its own judgment in favor of the action , however unfair and ill considered , demanded by popular opinion at the time . " Government is organized not so much to ...
... election hanging over to wipe it out unless it immediately abdicates its own judgment in favor of the action , however unfair and ill considered , demanded by popular opinion at the time . " Government is organized not so much to ...
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Page 42 - To lay with one hand the power of the government on the property of the citizen, and with the other to bestow it upon favored individuals to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes, is none the less a robbery because it is done under the forms of law and is called taxation.
Page 17 - The right to divert the unappropriated waters of any natural stream to beneficial uses shall never be denied. Priority of appropriation shall give the better right as between those using the water for the same purpose; but when the waters of any natural stream are not sufficient for the...
Page 20 - No judgment shall be set aside or new trial granted in any cause, civil or criminal, on the ground of misdirection of the jury or the improper admission or rejection of evidence, or for error as to any matter of pleading or procedure unless, in the opinion of the court to which the application is made, after an examination of the entire cause, it shall affirmatively appear that the error complained of has resulted in a miscarriage of justice.
Page 1 - But how much nobler will be the Sovereign's boast, when he shall have it to say, that he found law dear, and left it cheap ; found it a sealed book— left it a living letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich — left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression — left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence...
Page 26 - This provision of the Arizona constitution, in its application to county and State judges, seems to me so pernicious in its effect, so destructive of independence in the judiciary, so likely to subject the rights of the individual to the possible tyranny of a popular majority, and, therefore, to be so injurious to the cause of free government, that I must disapprove a constitution containing it.
Page 27 - So Twashtri said: Very well : and gave her back again. Then after only three days, man came back to him again, and said : Lord, I know not how it is ; but after all, I have come to the conclusion that she is more of a trouble than a pleasure to me : so please take her back again.
Page 7 - there is no liberty, if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers.
Page 29 - Prize can only be exercised against them in the form of an action in damages for the injury caused by the capture.
Page 20 - Married women shall have power to engage in any business, and to contract, whether engaged in business or not, and to sue separately upon their contracts, and also to sue separately for the recovery, security, or protection of their property, and for torts committed against them, as fully and freely as if they were unmarried...
Page 26 - Lord, this creature that you have given me makes my life miserable. She chatters incessantly and teases me beyond endurance, never leaving me alone; and she...