Albany Law Journal, Volume 20Weed, Parsons & Company, 1879 - Law |
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... Constitution , The 159 Finch v . Boning ... 120 Cook v . Weirman 338 First National Bank v . Rex 58 Cooley v . Perrine . 402 First National Bank of Allentown v . Hoch .. 215 Cornell v . Woodruff . 14 Corner v . Cunningham . 97 First ...
... Constitution , The 159 Finch v . Boning ... 120 Cook v . Weirman 338 First National Bank v . Rex 58 Cooley v . Perrine . 402 First National Bank of Allentown v . Hoch .. 215 Cornell v . Woodruff . 14 Corner v . Cunningham . 97 First ...
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... constitutional inhibition against interfer- ence with existing contracts . Now if they had given the act immediate effect , there would have been no necessity for the provision about contracts made prior to the passage . The Constitution ...
... constitutional inhibition against interfer- ence with existing contracts . Now if they had given the act immediate effect , there would have been no necessity for the provision about contracts made prior to the passage . The Constitution ...
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... constitutional requirements regarding legislation by the general assembly , hold- ing that the constitutional provision that no bill shall contain more than one subject , which shall be expressed in the title , is directory merely . Pim ...
... constitutional requirements regarding legislation by the general assembly , hold- ing that the constitutional provision that no bill shall contain more than one subject , which shall be expressed in the title , is directory merely . Pim ...
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... Constitution . The law was designed as a deterrent to Chinese immigration , as the loss of his queue is equivalent to loss of caste and salvation to the Chinese . We suppose the de- cision is put on the ground that the statute abridges ...
... Constitution . The law was designed as a deterrent to Chinese immigration , as the loss of his queue is equivalent to loss of caste and salvation to the Chinese . We suppose the de- cision is put on the ground that the statute abridges ...
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... CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY . The Constitutional and Political History of the United States , by Dr. H. von Holst , Professor at the University of Freiburg . Translated from the German by John J. Lalor , A. M. 1828-1846 . Jackson's ...
... CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY . The Constitutional and Political History of the United States , by Dr. H. von Holst , Professor at the University of Freiburg . Translated from the German by John J. Lalor , A. M. 1828-1846 . Jackson's ...
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Page 71 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that at the time of the committing of the act the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 86 - It is obviously impracticable, in the federal government of these States, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all.
Page 262 - Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance commits his body To painful labour both by sea and land...
Page 172 - No corporation shall issue stock or bonds, except for money paid, labor done or property actually received, and all fictitious increase of stock, or indebtedness shall be void.
Page 252 - That law, as re-enacted, after declaring that all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses and exactions of every kind, and none other, any law, statute, ordinance,...
Page 326 - For there are in nature certain fountains of justice, whence all civil laws are derived but as streams; and like as waters do take tinctures and tastes from the soils through which they run, so do civil laws vary according to the regions and governments where they are planted, though they proceed from the same fountains.
Page 172 - Each stockholder of a corporation, or joint-stock association, shall be individually and personally liable for such proportion of all its debts and liabilities contracted or incurred, during the time he was a stockholder, as the amount of stock or shares owned by him bears to the whole of the subscribed capital stock, or shares of the corporation or association.
Page 332 - Hope, supra, that in determining what is proximate cause, the true rule is that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence — such a consequence as, under the surrounding circumstances of the case, might and ought to have been foreseen by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act.
Page 175 - Its object shall be to advance the science of jurisprudence, promote the administration of justice and uniformity of legislation throughout the Union, uphold the honor of the profession of the law, and encourage cordial intercourse among the members of the American Bar.
Page 260 - If a person entitled to bring an action die before the expiration of the time limited for the commencement thereof, and the cause of action...