Albany Law Journal, Volume 15Weed, Parsons & Company, 1877 |
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... passed out of mind , but for the zeal of his friend and biographer , who illustrated his virtues , and collected mere fragments of his works . -- and modes of expres- But , now that Mr. Trevelyan gives us the letters , diary and journal ...
... passed out of mind , but for the zeal of his friend and biographer , who illustrated his virtues , and collected mere fragments of his works . -- and modes of expres- But , now that Mr. Trevelyan gives us the letters , diary and journal ...
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... passed over in silence . We are told by Macau- lay that Lord Brougham thought that the seat given to him in Parliament should have been given to an- other ; that Brougham professed not to have read the Essays ; had not complimented him ...
... passed over in silence . We are told by Macau- lay that Lord Brougham thought that the seat given to him in Parliament should have been given to an- other ; that Brougham professed not to have read the Essays ; had not complimented him ...
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... passed in April , 1853 , the legislature of Louisiana in- corporated the New Orleans , Opelousas and Great Western Railroad Company , for the purpose of con- structing , working and maintaining a railroad from Algiers , opposite New ...
... passed in April , 1853 , the legislature of Louisiana in- corporated the New Orleans , Opelousas and Great Western Railroad Company , for the purpose of con- structing , working and maintaining a railroad from Algiers , opposite New ...
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... passed to the de- fendant . Much confusion of thought has arisen in this case and in similar cases from attaching a vague and unde- fined meaning to the term " franchises . " It is often used as synonymous with rights , privileges , and ...
... passed to the de- fendant . Much confusion of thought has arisen in this case and in similar cases from attaching a vague and unde- fined meaning to the term " franchises . " It is often used as synonymous with rights , privileges , and ...
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... passed on the 1st day of December , 1873 , and all other acts of the same session of Congress passed subsequent to that date , are to be treated as subsequent acts , repealing the Revised Statutes , so far as they are inconsistent ...
... passed on the 1st day of December , 1873 , and all other acts of the same session of Congress passed subsequent to that date , are to be treated as subsequent acts , repealing the Revised Statutes , so far as they are inconsistent ...
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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...