The Bar: West Virginia, Volume 18West Virginia Bar Association., 1911 |
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... majority . It is conceded that a majority of the voters of the state are Republican , while a majority of the legislature arc Democrats . But this does not limit or circumscribe the juris- diction and responsibilties of the legislature ...
... majority . It is conceded that a majority of the voters of the state are Republican , while a majority of the legislature arc Democrats . But this does not limit or circumscribe the juris- diction and responsibilties of the legislature ...
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... majority of the seats on the Supreme Bench were to be filled by new men , we are justified in saying that , with Mr. Roosevelt's ideas of the functions of a judge , it would be a very different court today than it is , and its character ...
... majority of the seats on the Supreme Bench were to be filled by new men , we are justified in saying that , with Mr. Roosevelt's ideas of the functions of a judge , it would be a very different court today than it is , and its character ...
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... majority of the State Senate elected in 1907 voted for ratification , but a larger majority of the House of Delegates elected in 1909 voted against ratification . Reasons which in- fluenced the House of Delegates were : ( 1 ) The very ...
... majority of the State Senate elected in 1907 voted for ratification , but a larger majority of the House of Delegates elected in 1909 voted against ratification . Reasons which in- fluenced the House of Delegates were : ( 1 ) The very ...
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... majority of persons once so afflicted , it would seen a le- gitimate invasion of individual liberty , under the police power , for public safety , to confine a person who has proved himself to be dangerously insane during a sufficient ...
... majority of persons once so afflicted , it would seen a le- gitimate invasion of individual liberty , under the police power , for public safety , to confine a person who has proved himself to be dangerously insane during a sufficient ...
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... majority or an impatient executive officer may deem necessary in the public interest . Every such occasion operates as a strain upon the fundamental structure of our Government . Whether the general interests will be best subserved by a ...
... majority or an impatient executive officer may deem necessary in the public interest . Every such occasion operates as a strain upon the fundamental structure of our Government . Whether the general interests will be best subserved by a ...
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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...