Albany Law Journal, Volume 1Weed, Parsons & Company, 1870 - Law |
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... called ? The twenty- fourth section of the new Judiciary article is in these words : " Section 24. The first election of Judges of the Court of Appeals , and of the three additional Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and ...
... called ? The twenty- fourth section of the new Judiciary article is in these words : " Section 24. The first election of Judges of the Court of Appeals , and of the three additional Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and ...
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... of the Manney and McCormick reaping machine . He was also engaged as counsel for General Sickles in the famous trial for the murder of Key . In December , 1860 , he was called by President Buchanan to take THE ALBANY LAW JOURNAL . 15.
... of the Manney and McCormick reaping machine . He was also engaged as counsel for General Sickles in the famous trial for the murder of Key . In December , 1860 , he was called by President Buchanan to take THE ALBANY LAW JOURNAL . 15.
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1860 , he was called by President Buchanan to take the position of Attorney - General . On leaving the cabi- net , at the expiration of Mr. Buchanan's term , he resumed the practice of his profession ; but , on the 20th of January ...
1860 , he was called by President Buchanan to take the position of Attorney - General . On leaving the cabi- net , at the expiration of Mr. Buchanan's term , he resumed the practice of his profession ; but , on the 20th of January ...
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... United States Judicial Districts of New York , and creating a new district to be called the Middle District . It does not change the Eastern District . The limits of the Southern District are confined to the 34 THE ALBANY LAW JOURNAL .
... United States Judicial Districts of New York , and creating a new district to be called the Middle District . It does not change the Eastern District . The limits of the Southern District are confined to the 34 THE ALBANY LAW JOURNAL .
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... called Middle District . Terms are provided to be held in the Western District at Auburn , Rochester , Canan- daigua , Buffalo and Elmira , In the Middle District terms are provided to be held at Albany , Syracuse , Utica and Oswego ...
... called Middle District . Terms are provided to be held in the Western District at Auburn , Rochester , Canan- daigua , Buffalo and Elmira , In the Middle District terms are provided to be held at Albany , Syracuse , Utica and Oswego ...
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Page 50 - I said, there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid.
Page 326 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 346 - The court shall, in every stage of an action, disregard any error or defect in the pleadings or proceedings which shall not affect the substantial rights of the adverse party, and no judgment shall be reversed or affected by reason of such error or defect.
Page 133 - Congress a power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises ; to pay the debts, and provide for the common defence, and general welfare of the United States, and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States...
Page 73 - In other countries, the people, more simple, and of a less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance ; here they anticipate the evil, and judge of the pressure of the grievance by the badness of the principle. They augur misgovernment at a distance ; and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.
Page 53 - Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature : for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure.
Page 21 - That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States...
Page 120 - The rule of the common law is, that where a party sustains a loss by reason of a breach of contract, he is, so far as money can do it, to be placed in the same situation, with respect to damages, as if the contract had been performed.
Page 327 - Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
Page 324 - The taking, receiving, reserving, or charging a rate of interest greater than is allowed by the preceding section, when knowingly done, shall be deemed a forfeiture of the entire interest which the note, bill, or other evidence of debt carries with it, or which has been agreed to be paid thereon.