Annual Report of the Illinois State Bar AssociationThe Association, 1887 - Bar associations |
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... elected to Congress . In 1844 he was re - elected , and again in 1846. In 1861 he was elected to the State Constitu- tional Convention . He was an able lawyer , very apt in the trial of a case , never taken by surprise , always ...
... elected to Congress . In 1844 he was re - elected , and again in 1846. In 1861 he was elected to the State Constitu- tional Convention . He was an able lawyer , very apt in the trial of a case , never taken by surprise , always ...
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... elected one of the two first United States Senators from the young State , drawing the short term . At its expiration he was re - elected for the full term of six years . He did not serve out his full term , but resigned in 1824 , on ...
... elected one of the two first United States Senators from the young State , drawing the short term . At its expiration he was re - elected for the full term of six years . He did not serve out his full term , but resigned in 1824 , on ...
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... elected , without opposition . Judge of the Sangamon Circuit Court , but resigned his office at the expiration of about fifteen months , having first cleared the docket of a vast accumulation of business . As a judge , he presided with ...
... elected , without opposition . Judge of the Sangamon Circuit Court , but resigned his office at the expiration of about fifteen months , having first cleared the docket of a vast accumulation of business . As a judge , he presided with ...
Page 74
... elected President of this Association , and he prepared an address to be read before it at its ninth annual meeting , held last January . but which he was prevented by ill health from presenting in person . His theme was the duty which ...
... elected President of this Association , and he prepared an address to be read before it at its ninth annual meeting , held last January . but which he was prevented by ill health from presenting in person . His theme was the duty which ...
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... elected Judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit , itself an empire in extent , and remained as the Judge of that circuit until 1862 , when he was appointed by Mr. Lincoln , then President , one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the ...
... elected Judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit , itself an empire in extent , and remained as the Judge of that circuit until 1862 , when he was appointed by Mr. Lincoln , then President , one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the ...
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Page 64 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. That is, some books are to. be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Page 100 - 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.
Page 25 - ... the seal affixed to said instrument is the corporate seal of said corporation (or association), and that...
Page 100 - are nothing more or less than the powers of government inherent in every sovereignty, * * * that is to say * * * the power to govern men and things.
Page 41 - 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 100 - When one becomes a member of society, he necessarily parts with some rights or privileges which, as an individual not affected by his relations to others, he might retain. "A body politic...
Page 100 - In their exercise it has been customary in England from time immemorial, and in this country from its first colonization, to regulate ferries, common carriers, hackmen, bakers, millers, wharfingers, innkeepers, etc., and in so doing to fix a maximum of charge to be made for services rendered, accommodations furnished, and articles sold.
Page 72 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Page 33 - If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.