Albany Law Journal, Volume 16Weed, Parsons & Company, 1877 - Law |
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... trial , mode of proof , and mode of relief , have been harmonized or disposed of in pro- cedure under the civil action . In courts of common law originally the pleadings were oral ; and the presiding judge so managed the mutual ...
... trial , mode of proof , and mode of relief , have been harmonized or disposed of in pro- cedure under the civil action . In courts of common law originally the pleadings were oral ; and the presiding judge so managed the mutual ...
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... trial ; for I regard the declaration upon the common counts , and the general issues , as good for nothing in any useful sense . They secure not one of the purposes for which the present system of pleading is so much praised — not one ...
... trial ; for I regard the declaration upon the common counts , and the general issues , as good for nothing in any useful sense . They secure not one of the purposes for which the present system of pleading is so much praised — not one ...
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... trial to take place , and the names of the parties to the action , plaintiff and defendant , and shall plainly and concisely set forth the nature of the plaintiff's claim as he expects to prove it . It shall , in addition , contain a ...
... trial to take place , and the names of the parties to the action , plaintiff and defendant , and shall plainly and concisely set forth the nature of the plaintiff's claim as he expects to prove it . It shall , in addition , contain a ...
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... trial for murder , it appeared that the crime was committed by strangers to the deceased , and without any apparent motive . Held , that it was competent for the common- wealth to explain the motive by showing the existence , object ...
... trial for murder , it appeared that the crime was committed by strangers to the deceased , and without any apparent motive . Held , that it was competent for the common- wealth to explain the motive by showing the existence , object ...
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... trial and punishment of the offenses which the citizens of a State may commit against each other in respect to these rights ? We cannot better answer this ques- tion than by quoting the language of Justice Brad- ley in the Grant Parish ...
... trial and punishment of the offenses which the citizens of a State may commit against each other in respect to these rights ? We cannot better answer this ques- tion than by quoting the language of Justice Brad- ley in the Grant Parish ...
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Page 144 - ... When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their...
Page 236 - But, from the necessity of the case, and a regard to the mutual interest of both countries, we cheerfully consent to the operation of such Acts of the British Parliament, as are bona fide restrained to the regulation of our external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial advantages of the whole empire to the mother country, and the commercial benefits of its respective members ; excluding every idea of taxation, internal or external, for raising a revenue on the subjects in America...
Page 257 - Resolved, That the preceding Constitution be laid before the United States in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its legislature, for their assent and ratification...
Page 48 - The distinction between actions at law and suits in equity, and the forms of all such actions and suits, heretofore existing, are abolished...
Page 257 - That in the opinion of Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a Convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several states be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation...
Page 236 - ... in all cases of taxation and internal polity, subject only to the negative of their sovereign, in such manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed...
Page 256 - The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of the consent of the people. The streams of national power ought to flow immediately from that pure original fountain of all legitimate authority.
Page 199 - to raise and support Armies" and "to provide and maintain a Navy.
Page 258 - We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
Page 259 - May next a Convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several States be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States render the Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of Government and the preservation of the Union.