Case and Comment, Volume 23Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, 1917 - Law |
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Page 62
... land who undertakes to construct a railroad from a steamboat landing to his timber land , not for the purpose of serv- ing the public , but to transport his tim- ber to market , is held not a common car- rier entitled to the benefit of ...
... land who undertakes to construct a railroad from a steamboat landing to his timber land , not for the purpose of serv- ing the public , but to transport his tim- ber to market , is held not a common car- rier entitled to the benefit of ...
Page 99
... land . " By the law of the land is most clearly in- tended the general law ; a law which hears be- fore it condemns ; which proceeds upon in- quiry , and renders judgment only after trial . The meaning is that every citizen shall hold ...
... land . " By the law of the land is most clearly in- tended the general law ; a law which hears be- fore it condemns ; which proceeds upon in- quiry , and renders judgment only after trial . The meaning is that every citizen shall hold ...
Page 156
... land liability of member to account for profits made through exercise of option . One who , having secured an option for the purchase of certain land for a stated amount , gets others to join with him in its purchase , representing to ...
... land liability of member to account for profits made through exercise of option . One who , having secured an option for the purchase of certain land for a stated amount , gets others to join with him in its purchase , representing to ...
Page 163
... Lands . " The Study of Public Land Law in the Western Law Schools . " - 4 California Law Review , 316 . Public Money . " Defraying Expenses of Party Primary Out of Public Funds . " - 82 Central Law Journal , 337 . Railroads . " A ...
... Lands . " The Study of Public Land Law in the Western Law Schools . " - 4 California Law Review , 316 . Public Money . " Defraying Expenses of Party Primary Out of Public Funds . " - 82 Central Law Journal , 337 . Railroads . " A ...
Page 192
... land- owner of New York , donated 10,000 acres of wild land in Northern New York to such colored families as would settle proved that plan , and , in order to aid it , upon , clear , and cultivate it . Brown ap- obtained himself a small ...
... land- owner of New York , donated 10,000 acres of wild land in Northern New York to such colored families as would settle proved that plan , and , in order to aid it , upon , clear , and cultivate it . Brown ap- obtained himself a small ...
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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.