Albany Law Journal, Volume 3Weed, Parsons & Company, 1871 - Law |
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... lawyers know , the questions presented in this case were both novel and'important , and I therefore had prepared a careful brief representing the defendant's side of the case , which the reporter could have had upon application , and ...
... lawyers know , the questions presented in this case were both novel and'important , and I therefore had prepared a careful brief representing the defendant's side of the case , which the reporter could have had upon application , and ...
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the consideration of their value and utility to the prac- ticing lawyer . There is a tendency toward the unneces ... lawyers of Detroit , with a complete set of the Michigan law and chancery reports , with digest . There are said to be ...
the consideration of their value and utility to the prac- ticing lawyer . There is a tendency toward the unneces ... lawyers of Detroit , with a complete set of the Michigan law and chancery reports , with digest . There are said to be ...
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... lawyers who have had occasion to examine the reports of the decisions of the old court for the correction of errors of ... lawyer or judge , but , emanating from one unknown in the practice of the law , it appears to have attracted but ...
... lawyers who have had occasion to examine the reports of the decisions of the old court for the correction of errors of ... lawyer or judge , but , emanating from one unknown in the practice of the law , it appears to have attracted but ...
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... lawyer of some literary notoriety at the time , whose praise of the work , at least among lawyers , was probably as detrimental as the other writer's abuse ; for Sampson , in public addresses , in pamphlets , and in newspaper articles ...
... lawyer of some literary notoriety at the time , whose praise of the work , at least among lawyers , was probably as detrimental as the other writer's abuse ; for Sampson , in public addresses , in pamphlets , and in newspaper articles ...
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... lawyers of his day - there have been lawyers that were ora- tors , philosophers , historians . There have been Bacons and Clarendons . There will be none any more until true ambition or the love of fame prevails over avarice ; and until ...
... lawyers of his day - there have been lawyers that were ora- tors , philosophers , historians . There have been Bacons and Clarendons . There will be none any more until true ambition or the love of fame prevails over avarice ; and until ...
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Page 61 - From a deliberate and premeditated design to effect the death of the person killed, or of another; or, 2. By an act imminently dangerous to others, and evincing a depraved mind, regardless of human life, although without a premeditated design to effect the death of any individual; or without a design to effect death, by a person engaged in the commission of, or in an attempt to commit a felony, either upon or affecting the person killed or otherwise; or, 3.
Page 317 - If the right to impose the tax exists, it is a right which in its nature acknowledges no limits. It may be carried to any extent, within the jurisdiction of the state or corporation which imposes it, which the will of each state and corporation may prescribe.
Page 330 - IT is essential to the preservation of the rights of every individual, his life, liberty, property and character, that there be an impartial interpretation of the laws, and administration of justice. It is the right of every citizen to be tried by judges as free, impartial and independent as the lot of humanity will admit.
Page 224 - States, shall cease and be unlawful, so long as such condition of hostility shall continue; and all goods and chattels, wares and merchandise, coming from said State or section into the other parts of the United States, and all proceeding to such State or section, by land or water, shall, together with the vessel or vehicle conveying the same, or conveying persons to or from such State or section, be forfeited to the United States...
Page 317 - The Government then of the United States can claim no powers which are not granted to it by the Constitution; and the powers actually granted must be such as are expressly given, or given by necessary implication.
Page 145 - ... the party aggrieved shall also have his remedy, according to the course of equity, to enjoin the wrongful use of such trademark...
Page 360 - The damages must be such as may fairly be supposed to have entered into the contemplation of the parties when they made the contract, that is, must be such as might naturally be expected to follow its violation ; and they must be certain, both in their nature and in respect to the cause from which they proceed.
Page 105 - The carrier's obligation is to carry his passenger safely and properly, and to treat him respectfully; and if he intrusts the performance of this duty to his servants, the law holds him responsible for the manner in which they execute the trust. The law seems to be now well settled that the carrier is obliged to protect his passenger from violence and insult, from whatever source arising. He is not regarded as an insurer of his passenger's safety against every possible source of danger ; but he is...
Page 343 - AN ACT to amend chapter nine hundred and seven of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, entitled " An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to authorize the formation of railroad corporations, and to regulate the same...
Page 171 - All that the law requires of the party by or over whose land a stream passes, is, that he should use the water in a reasonable manner, and so as not to destroy, or render useless, or materially diminish or affect the application of the water by the proprietors above or below on the stream.