 | Commercial law - 1847 - 554 pages
...language, it will hardly he contended that the Swift w. Tyson. decisions of courts constitute laws. They are, at most, only evidence of what the laws...established local customs having the force of laws. In all the various cases which have hitherto come before us for decision, this Court have uniformly... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - Law - 1851 - 570 pages
...statute ; a rule prescribed by the legislative power. " The laws of a state," observes Mr. Justice Story, "are more usually understood to mean the rules and...established local customs having the force of laws." 16 Peters' R. 18. Hence he argues, " in the ordinary use of language, it will hardly be contended that... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - Law reports, digests, etc - 1864 - 696 pages
...ordinary use of language, it will hardly be contended that the decisions of courts constitute laws. They are, at most, only evidence of what the laws...promulgated by the legislative authority thereof, or long-established local customs having the force of laws. In all the various cases, which have hitherto... | |
 | Alfred Conkling - Court rules - 1864 - 950 pages
...ordinary use of language, it could hardly be contended that the decisions of courts constitute laws. They are, at most, only evidence of what the laws are, and not of themselves laws. The laws of a state are most usually understood what constatutes the to mean... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Constitutional law - 1868 - 776 pages
...statutes, which the legislative will has prescribed. " The laws of a State," observes Mr. Justice Story, " are more usually understood to mean the rules and...promulgated by the legislative authority thereof, or long-established local customs having . 1 The power to distribute the judicial power, except so far... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 700 pages
...ordinary use of language, it will hardly be contended that the decisions of courts constitute laws. They are, at most, only evidence of what the laws...are, and are not of themselves laws. They are often it.examined, reversed, and qualified by the courts themselves, whenever they are found to be either... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - Dictionaries, Law - 1870 - 674 pages
...; a rule prescribed by the legislative power. " The laws of a state," observes Mr. Justice Story, " are more usually understood to mean the rules and...promulgated by the legislative authority thereof, or long-established local customs having the force of laws." 1 0 Peters' R. 1 8. Hence he argues, " in... | |
 | Law - 1880 - 554 pages
...ordinary use of language it will hardly bo contended that the decisions of courts constitute laws. They are, at most, only evidence of what the laws are, and not of themselves laws. They are often re-examined, reversed, aud qualified by the courts themselves,... | |
 | John Innes Clark Hare - Civil procedure - 1871 - 952 pages
...ordinary use of language it will hardly be contended that the decisions of courts constitute laws. They are, at most, only evidence of what the laws...established local customs having the force of laws. In *all the various cases, which have hitherto come before us for decision, this court have uni- '•... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Constitutional law - 1874 - 904 pages
...statutes, which the legislative will has prescribed. " The laws of a State," observes Mr. Justice Story, " are more usually understood to mean the rules and...promulgated by the legislative authority thereof, or long-established local customs having * the force of laws." 1 " The difference between [* 91] the departments... | |
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In the ordinary use of language it will hardly be contended that the decisions of courts constitute laws. They are at most only evidence of what the laws are ; and are not of themselves laws. 
