Albany Law Journal, Volume 41Weed, Parsons & Company, 1890 - Law |
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... Legislature has power to create a cause of ac- tion for damages , in favor of one who is injured in person or property by the act of an intoxicated per- son , against the owner of real property whose only connection with the injury is ...
... Legislature has power to create a cause of ac- tion for damages , in favor of one who is injured in person or property by the act of an intoxicated per- son , against the owner of real property whose only connection with the injury is ...
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... Legislature , in the exercise of this public function and public duty , so far as to limit the amount of charges that should be made for such services , and the court answered such question in the affirmative . See Rail- road Co. v ...
... Legislature , in the exercise of this public function and public duty , so far as to limit the amount of charges that should be made for such services , and the court answered such question in the affirmative . See Rail- road Co. v ...
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... Legislature in favor of mills of any kind , and it was said that sites for steam - engines , ho- tels , churches and other public conveniences might as well be taken by its exercise . In Weismer v . Village of Douglas , 64 N. Y. 91 ...
... Legislature in favor of mills of any kind , and it was said that sites for steam - engines , ho- tels , churches and other public conveniences might as well be taken by its exercise . In Weismer v . Village of Douglas , 64 N. Y. 91 ...
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... Legislature can step in and limit the prices of every article of commerce , the product of the field , the mine or the manufactory . There is seemingly no length to which it may not go , and no home to which this power may not be ...
... Legislature can step in and limit the prices of every article of commerce , the product of the field , the mine or the manufactory . There is seemingly no length to which it may not go , and no home to which this power may not be ...
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... Legislature in session , the town full of people , and by a heavy license denied the privilege of opening the new theater ! In the midst of their trouble a young lawyer called on the managers . He had heard of the injustice , and ...
... Legislature in session , the town full of people , and by a heavy license denied the privilege of opening the new theater ! In the midst of their trouble a young lawyer called on the managers . He had heard of the injustice , and ...
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Page 336 - Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him (xxii.
Page 258 - Every law that makes an action done before the passing of the law, and which was innocent when done, criminal; and punishes such action. 2d. Every law that aggravates a crime, or makes it greater than it was, when committed.
Page 73 - No corporation shall be created by special laws, or its charter extended, changed or amended, except those for charitable, educational, penal or reformatory purposes, which are to be and remain under the patronage and control of the state, but the general assembly shall provide, by general laws, for the organization of all corporations hereafter to be created.
Page 166 - ... shall be such as shall be prescribed by the legislative assembly: provided, that the right of suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States...
Page 52 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 166 - ... human sacrifices were a necessary part of religious worship, would it be seriously contended that the civil government under which he lived could not interfere to prevent a sacrifice? Or if a wife religiously believed it was her duty to burn herself upon the funeral pile of her dead husband, would it be beyond the power of the civil government to prevent her carrying her belief into practice?
Page 249 - State two years and six months, and declared his intention as aforesaid, and every civilized male inhabitant of Indian descent, a native of the United States, and not a member of any tribe...
Page 114 - ... 1. By reason of any defect in the condition of the ways, works, machinery, or plant, connected with or used in the business of the employer which arose from or had not been discovered or remedied owing to the negligence of the employer or of any person in the service of the employer and intrusted by him with the duty of seeing that the ways, works, machinery, or plant, were in proper condition; 2.
Page 325 - That the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management, or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Page 52 - The property which every man has in his own labor, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable.