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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... rule of construction of a law , especially among a free people , is the meaning of the law as expressed to those to ... rule to show cause was granted why an injunction should not issue , and a temporary in- junction granted meanwhile ...
... rule of construction of a law , especially among a free people , is the meaning of the law as expressed to those to ... rule to show cause was granted why an injunction should not issue , and a temporary in- junction granted meanwhile ...
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... taken as 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 .
... taken as 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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... their intention ; there must be some limit , and there seems no other criterion to fix the limit , than the rule which has been suggested by jus- Keyport Steamboat Co. v . Farmers Transportation Co. tice and 20 CASES IN CHANCERY .
... their intention ; there must be some limit , and there seems no other criterion to fix the limit , than the rule which has been suggested by jus- Keyport Steamboat Co. v . Farmers Transportation Co. tice and 20 CASES IN CHANCERY .
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... rule is , that each shore owner shall be confined to the shore and lands under water in front of his own lands , and shall be entitled to them only . This conclusion is arrived at by applying to the act well settled principles of ...
... rule is , that each shore owner shall be confined to the shore and lands under water in front of his own lands , and shall be entitled to them only . This conclusion is arrived at by applying to the act well settled principles of ...
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... rule of the common law . ' And in the same case , on page 475 , Justice Carpenter , after quoting with approval the opinion of Justice McLean , that the rights of a shore owner in the water are property that cannot be taken away , says ...
... rule of the common law . ' And in the same case , on page 475 , Justice Carpenter , after quoting with approval the opinion of Justice McLean , that the rights of a shore owner in the water are property that cannot be taken away , says ...
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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.