 | 1879 - Broj stranica: 822
...of a court of appeals. Chancellor Kent on this has the following, ("Commentaries," vol. i, p. 539:) "A solemn decision upon a point of law arising in...any given case becomes an authority in a like case, . . . unless it can be shown that the law was misunderstood or misapplied in that particular case."... | |
 | 1846 - Broj stranica: 632
...has given tone to the judgments and the legislation of modern times. * A solemn decision, soys Kent, upon a point of law, arising in any given case, becomes...judges are bound to follow that decision so long as it standa unrcverred, unless it can be shown that the law was misunderstood or misapplied, in that particular... | |
 | James Kent - 1858 - Broj stranica: 732
...and to report thereon to the legislature. The legislature is likewise to appoint thrce commissioners, A solemn decision upon a point of law, arising in...bound to follow that decision so long as it stands uureversed, unless it can be shown that the law was misunderstood or misapplied in that particular... | |
 | James Kent - 1866 - Broj stranica: 722
...everything that is obsolete and inapplicable to our institutions, would be an immense public blessing. (4) A solemn decision upon a point of law, arising in...becomes an authority in a like case, because it is the high(a) Bacon's Aphorisms, De aecumulatione legum nimia, Aph. No. 53-58; De novis digestus legum, Aph.... | |
 | James Kent - 1866 - Broj stranica: 724
...everything that is obsolete and inapplicable to our institutions, would be an immense public blessing, (b) A solemn decision upon a point of law, arising in any given ease, tiecomes an authority in a like case, because it is the highfa) Bacon's Aphorisms, DC accwnulatione... | |
 | Andrew Johnson - 1868 - Broj stranica: 532
...read it before. Chancellor Kent, in the first volume of his Commentaries, page <>28, 'says : A solemu decision upon a point of law arising in any given...bound to follow that decision so long as it stands uureversed, unless it can be shown that the law was misunderstood or misapplied in that particular... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1868 - Broj stranica: 776
...them, not as concluding controversies, but as guides to the judicial mind. Chancellor Kent says : " A solemn decision upon a point of law arising in any given case becomes au authority in a like case, because it is the highest evidence which we can have of the law applicable... | |
 | 1873 - Broj stranica: 462
...These decisions become precedents for future cases resting upon similar facts, and are regarded as the " highest evidence which we can have of the law applicable to the subject." Now, considering the infinitely various rights, relations and duties of men, the cases upon which judges... | |
 | 1873 - Broj stranica: 464
...These decisions become precedents for future cases resting upon similar facts, and are regarded as the '' highest evidence which we can have of the law applicable to the subject." -Î Now, considering the infinitely various rights, relations and duties of men, the cases upon which... | |
 | 1873 - Broj stranica: 410
...FEW WORDS ABOUT MANY REPORTS—LADIKS ок тик LONG ROBE. apon similar facts, and are regarded as the " highest evidence which we can have of the law applicable to the sabNow, considering the infinitely various rights, relations and duties of mon, the cases upon which... | |
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A solemn decision upon a point of law, arising in any given case, becomes an authority in a like case, because it is the highest evidence which we can have of the law applicable to the subject, and the judges are bound to follow that decision so long... 
