Case and Comment, Volume 23Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, 1917 - Law |
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... authority enables him to see that the law is not violated , intention- ally or by mistake . It cannot be as- sumed that , in the exercise of the power devolved upon him , the officer will be governed by any motive other than such as in ...
... authority enables him to see that the law is not violated , intention- ally or by mistake . It cannot be as- sumed that , in the exercise of the power devolved upon him , the officer will be governed by any motive other than such as in ...
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... authority in positive law a Missouri court deems it an unreasonable require- ment to compel every merchant and shop ... authority to provide that its sealer of weights and measures may recover from merchants for unso- licited services in ...
... authority in positive law a Missouri court deems it an unreasonable require- ment to compel every merchant and shop ... authority to provide that its sealer of weights and measures may recover from merchants for unso- licited services in ...
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... authority , the Federal govern- ment was powerless to proceed . This condition brought about a particularly unfortunate situation respecting the rap- idly growing evil in the traffic of young girls and women for immoral purposes . To be ...
... authority , the Federal govern- ment was powerless to proceed . This condition brought about a particularly unfortunate situation respecting the rap- idly growing evil in the traffic of young girls and women for immoral purposes . To be ...
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... authority of Congress . Failing in that attack , promoters of immorality sought to turn the act to their benefit . Unscrupulous women con- ceived the possibility of blackmail , which a broad consideration of the words " other immoral ...
... authority of Congress . Failing in that attack , promoters of immorality sought to turn the act to their benefit . Unscrupulous women con- ceived the possibility of blackmail , which a broad consideration of the words " other immoral ...
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... authority of the city council . The licensee of a theater arranged to exhibit the photoplay " The Birth of a Nation , " and the mayor noti- fied him that if he did so his license would be revoked . In an action brought to enjoin such ...
... authority of the city council . The licensee of a theater arranged to exhibit the photoplay " The Birth of a Nation , " and the mayor noti- fied him that if he did so his license would be revoked . In an action brought to enjoin such ...
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Page 410 - Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned...
Page 373 - It is the power to regulate; that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in Congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the Constitution.
Page 551 - But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman ; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
Page 384 - Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; is a positive good in the •world. That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
Page 551 - If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow : he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him ; and he shall pay as the judges determine. 23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Page 97 - He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet...
Page 651 - If a bill of lading has been issued by a carrier or on his behalf by an agent or employee the scope of whose actual or apparent authority includes the issuing of bills of lading...
Page 304 - Now, if the special circumstances under which the contract was actually made, were communicated by the plaintiffs to the defendants, and thus known to both parties, the damages resulting from the breach of such a contract, which they would reasonably contemplate, would be the amount of injury which would ordinarily follow from a breach of contract under these special circumstances, so known and communicated.
Page 551 - And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
Page 390 - Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind (which nevertheless ought not to be entirely out of sight) the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise People to discourage and restrain it.