Albany Law Journal, Volume 15Weed, Parsons & Company, 1877 |
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... existing laws are not sufficient to secure de- positors against loss from maladministration by managers . The reference to the state of the law in regard to insecurity of places of public resort is timely , and the recent theater ...
... existing laws are not sufficient to secure de- positors against loss from maladministration by managers . The reference to the state of the law in regard to insecurity of places of public resort is timely , and the recent theater ...
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... existing in the municipal body , nor confer upon the people an exclusive right ; that a right of action for the same thing may exist at the same time in two distinct corporations or individuals . City of Buffalo v . Lyon . Opinion by ...
... existing in the municipal body , nor confer upon the people an exclusive right ; that a right of action for the same thing may exist at the same time in two distinct corporations or individuals . City of Buffalo v . Lyon . Opinion by ...
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... existing , and not by the adoption of any untried plan . Hubbell's Legal Directory for lawyers and business men , containing the names of one or more of the leading and most reliable Attorneys in nearly three thousand cities and towns ...
... existing , and not by the adoption of any untried plan . Hubbell's Legal Directory for lawyers and business men , containing the names of one or more of the leading and most reliable Attorneys in nearly three thousand cities and towns ...
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... existing abuses in the asy- lum , and reached the conclusion that the charges were not well founded . We have examined his elaborate report of the case with care , and are satisfied that his conclusion was justified . It was this case ...
... existing abuses in the asy- lum , and reached the conclusion that the charges were not well founded . We have examined his elaborate report of the case with care , and are satisfied that his conclusion was justified . It was this case ...
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... existing officers will cease when their respective terms expire , and the corporation will be de facto extinct . In such case also , if there be a judg- ment against the corporation , mandamus will not lie to enforce the assessment of ...
... existing officers will cease when their respective terms expire , and the corporation will be de facto extinct . In such case also , if there be a judg- ment against the corporation , mandamus will not lie to enforce the assessment of ...
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Page 181 - 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. He may withdraw his grant by discontinuing the use; but, so long as he maintains the use, he...
Page 79 - In conferring upon Congress the regulation of commerce, it was never intended to cut the states off from legislating on all subjects relating to the health, life, and safety of their citizens, though the legislation might indirectly affect the commerce of the country. Legislation, in a great variety of ways, may affect commerce and persons engaged in it without constituting a regulation of it within the meaning of the Constitution.
Page 182 - Constitution protects, we find that when private property is "affected with a public interest, it ceases to be juris privati only.
Page 216 - All property shall be taxed according to its value, that value to be ascertained in such manner as the Legislature shall direct, so that taxes shall be equal and uniform throughout the State.
Page 181 - ... and in so doing to fix a maximum of charge to be made for services rendered, accommodations furnished, and articles sold. To this day, statutes are to be found in many of the states upon some or all these subjects; and we think it has never yet been successfully contended that such legislation came within any of the constitutional prohibitions against interference with private property.
Page 230 - ... provided that this shall only be done upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial, if the crime or offence had there been committed...
Page 79 - And it may be said, generally, that the legislation of a state, not directed against commerce or any of its regulations, but relating to the rights, duties, and liabilities of citizens, and only indirectly and remotely affecting the operations of commerce, is of obligatory force upon citizens within its territorial jurisdiction, whether on land or water, or engaged in commerce, foreign or interstate, or in any other pursuit.
Page 316 - All real and personal estate liable to taxation shall be estimated and assessed by the assessors at its full and true value, as they would appraise the same in payment of a just debt due from a solvent debtor.
Page 301 - Judges of the court of appeals and justices of the supreme court may be removed by concurrent resolution of both houses of the legislature, if two-thirds of all the members elected to each house concur therein.
Page 349 - From time to time, after full provision has been first made for refunding to the United States any deficiency in redeeming the notes of such association, the Comptroller shall make a ratable dividend of the money so paid over to him by such receiver on all such claims as may have been proved to his satisfaction or adjudicated in a court of competent jurisdiction...