Transactions, Volume 17Hanzsche, 1912 |
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... statute law can be acted upon , your Committee have thought it best to suggest but few such changes . It has , however , seemed to them proper re- spectfully to suggest to the Court of Appeals an addition or amendment to the ...
... statute law can be acted upon , your Committee have thought it best to suggest but few such changes . It has , however , seemed to them proper re- spectfully to suggest to the Court of Appeals an addition or amendment to the ...
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... general laws , indeed any statute , but above all public general laws , of which every- body is charged with constructive notice . James W. Owens : I think I can possibly explain 1912 ] 51 Report of Committee on Laws .
... general laws , indeed any statute , but above all public general laws , of which every- body is charged with constructive notice . James W. Owens : I think I can possibly explain 1912 ] 51 Report of Committee on Laws .
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... statutes for the realm , proved to be largely illusory so long as the Crown ap- pointed and removed at pleasure the judges by whom the statutes were interpreted and applied . Among the most painful incidents in English history are those ...
... statutes for the realm , proved to be largely illusory so long as the Crown ap- pointed and removed at pleasure the judges by whom the statutes were interpreted and applied . Among the most painful incidents in English history are those ...
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... statute unconstitutional because in conflict with the State or the National Consti- tution , is in defiance of justice , they should be given the right by petition to bring before the voters at some sub- sequent election special or ...
... statute unconstitutional because in conflict with the State or the National Consti- tution , is in defiance of justice , they should be given the right by petition to bring before the voters at some sub- sequent election special or ...
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... statutes , be on his guard against applying illiberal or too literal principles of interpretation to their words . In weighing the terms of a private agreement it is permissible for him to let in the light of the surrounding ...
... statutes , be on his guard against applying illiberal or too literal principles of interpretation to their words . In weighing the terms of a private agreement it is permissible for him to let in the light of the surrounding ...
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Page 189 - 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 193 - ... were intended to secure the individual from the arbitrary exercise of the powers of government, unrestrained by the established principles of private rights and distributive justice.
Page 127 - Ring out the grief that saps the mind, For those that here we see no more; Ring out the feud of rich and poor, Ring in redress to all mankind.
Page 137 - ... approach to the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling solicitude. By this wise prejudice we are taught to look with horror on those children of their country who are prompt rashly to hack that aged parent in pieces, and put him into the kettle of magicians, in hopes that by their poisonous weeds, and wild incantations, they may regenerate the paternal constitution, and renovate their father's life.
Page 195 - It may be said in a general way that the police power extends to all the great public needs. ... It may be put forth in aid of what is sanctioned by usage, or held by the prevailing morality or strong and preponderant opinion to be greatly and immediately necessary to the public welfare.
Page 188 - When our constitutions were adopted it was the law of the land that no man who was without fault or negligence could be held liable in damages for injuries sustained by another.
Page 130 - Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Page 127 - Ring out a slowly dying cause. And ancient forms of party strife ; Ring in the nobler modes of life With sweeter manners, purer laws.
Page 137 - To avoid therefore the evils of inconstancy and versatility, ten thousand times worse than those of obstinacy and the blindest prejudice, we have consecrated the state, that no man should approach to look into its defects or corruptions but with due caution; that he should never dream of beginning its reformation by its subversion; that he should approach to the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling solicitude.
Page 216 - Other candidates for the office may be nominated to be voted for at said special election, the candidate who shall receive the highest number of votes shall be deemed elected for the remainder of the term, whether it be the person against whom the recall petition was filed or another.