Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Chancery, the Prerogative Court, And, on Appeal, in the Court of Errors and Appeals, of the State of New Jersey, 3. köideHough & Gillespy, Printers, 1868 |
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... construction of a law , especially among a free people , is the meaning of the law as expressed to those to whom it is pre- scribed , and who are to be governed by it . 9. If the legislator who enacted the law should afterwards be the ...
... construction of a law , especially among a free people , is the meaning of the law as expressed to those to whom it is pre- scribed , and who are to be governed by it . 9. If the legislator who enacted the law should afterwards be the ...
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... construction of the act to incorporate the Keyport Dock Company , that the questions in this cause prin- cipally arise . The complainants contend that it grants the wharf known as the Keyport dock as it then stood , and the right to ...
... construction of the act to incorporate the Keyport Dock Company , that the questions in this cause prin- cipally arise . The complainants contend that it grants the wharf known as the Keyport dock as it then stood , and the right to ...
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... granted unless by the clear words of the act , or necessary implication there- from . The rule of construction is too well settled to discuss , Keyport Steamboat Co. v . Farmers Transportation Co. or to 18 CASES IN CHANCERY .
... granted unless by the clear words of the act , or necessary implication there- from . The rule of construction is too well settled to discuss , Keyport Steamboat Co. v . Farmers Transportation Co. or to 18 CASES IN CHANCERY .
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... construction , by which all public grants must be expounded and construed , without considering the question raised on the argument , whether , in New Jersey , the legislature has power to grant to a stranger the right to cut off a ...
... construction , by which all public grants must be expounded and construed , without considering the question raised on the argument , whether , in New Jersey , the legislature has power to grant to a stranger the right to cut off a ...
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... construction , as well as respectful to the eminent counsel , that the case of Gough v . Bell should be examined , so far as to ascertain whether this was the prevalent opinion of the judges and courts at that time ; it might be wrong ...
... construction , as well as respectful to the eminent counsel , that the case of Gough v . Bell should be examined , so far as to ascertain whether this was the prevalent opinion of the judges and courts at that time ; it might be wrong ...
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Page 502 - Court shall inspect the will and see whether it appears to be signed by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction...
Page 185 - The charter of every corporation that shall hereafter be granted by the Legislature, shall be subject to alteration, suspension, and repeal, in the discretion of the Legislature.
Page 503 - ... declared to be his last will in the presence of two witnesses present at the same time, who shall subscribe their names thereto as witnesses in the presence of the testator.
Page 64 - Individuals or private corporations shall not be authorized to take private property for public use, without just compensation first made to the owners.
Page 547 - That it shall not be lawful, at any time during the said railroad charter, to construct any other railroad or railroads in this State, without the consent of the said companies, which shall be intended or used for the transportation of passengers or merchandise between the cities of New York and Philadelphia, or to compete in business with the railroad authorized by the act to which this supplement is relative, etc.
Page 523 - LC), and applying that principle to the facts of the present case, it seems to me that...
Page 65 - We know of no case, in which a legislative act to transfer the property of A to B, without his consent, has ever been held a constitutional exercise of legislative power in any State in the Union. On the contrary, it has been constantly resisted as inconsistent with just principles, by every judicial tribunal in which it has been attempted to be enforced.
Page 469 - ... a deed absolute on its face may be shown by parol to have been intended as a security.
Page 522 - if the public interest can be, in any way, promoted by the taking of private property, it must rest in the wisdom of the legislature to determine whether the benefit to the public will be of sufficient importance to render it expedient ... to exercise the right of eminent domain, and to authorize an interference with the private rights of individuals for that purpose...
Page 68 - ... some other reason, can be better managed and improved by some joint operation, such as the power of regulating the building of party walls ; making and maintaining partition fences and ditches; constructing ditches and sewers for the draining of uplands or marshes, which can more advantageously be drained by a common sewer or ditch.