 It may well be doubted whether the nature of society and of government does not prescribe some limits to the legislative power ; and if any be prescribed, where are they to be found, if the property of an individual, fairly and honestly acquired, may...  Columbia Law Review - Stranica 5791909Potpun prikaz - O ovoj knjizi
 | Kentucky. Constitutional Convention - 1849 - Broj stranica: 1140
...of property, and upon this proposition 1 will make a few remarks presently. " It may well ba doubted whether the nature ' of society and of government...prescribed, where are they to be found, ' if the property [the word property is used here] 'of an individual, fairly and honestly acquired, '.may be seized without... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1853 - Broj stranica: 782
...In Fletcher vs. Peck, (6 Cranch, 87,) Chief Justice Marshall himself says, " It may well be doubted whether the nature of society and of government, does not prescribe some limits to legislative power." In Terrell vs. Taylor, (9 Cranch, 43,) the Court say, "We know of no case in which... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1854 - Broj stranica: 674
...of society and of government do not prescribe some limits to the legislative power ; and he asks, ' if any be prescribed, where are they to be found,...honestly acquired, may be seized without compensation?' It is nowhere intimated in that opinion that a state statute which divests a vested right is repugnant... | |
 | George Van Santvoord - 1854 - Broj stranica: 554
...of the United States. He had intimated, indeed, in Fleteher vs. Peck,J that it might well be doubted whether the nature of society and of government does not prescribe some limit to the legislative power ; but he nowhere intimates that the Constitution prohibits the States... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1864 - Broj stranica: 754
...rendered so by a power applicable to the case of every individual in the community. It may well be doubted whether the nature of society and of government does...honestly acquired, may be seized without compensation. [ * 136 ] * To the legislature all legislative power is granted ; but the question, whether the act... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1864 - Broj stranica: 536
...not prescribe some limits to the legislative power ; and he asks, " if any be * prescribed, [ * 414 ] where are they to be found, if the property of an...honestly acquired, may be seized without compensation ? " It is nowhere intimated in that opinion, that a State statute which devests a vested right, is... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1856 - Broj stranica: 626
...property." Chief Justice MARSHALL said, in Fletcher agt. Peck, (6 Crunch, 135,) " It may be doubted whether the nature of society and of government does...honestly acquired, may be seized without compensation?" (See also Dash agt. Van Kleeck, 7 Johns. 477 ; Taylor agt. Porter, 4 Hill, 146 — per BRONSON, J.;... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1857 - Broj stranica: 774
...of the rescinding act of 1796 might well be doubted, even were Georgia a single sovereign power. " To the legislature all legislative power is granted ; but the question whether the act of 1796, transferring the property of an individual to the public, be in the nature of the legislative... | |
 | John Codman Hurd - 1858 - Broj stranica: 694
...considered. 4 Ante, § 187. 5 Fletcher v. Peck, 6 Cranch, 135 ; Marshall, CJ, " It may well be doubted whether the nature of society and of government does...not prescribe some limits to the legislative power." Calder «. Bull, 3 Dallas, 387 ; Mr. Justice Chase, " I cannot subscribe to the omnipotence of a Staff... | |
 | Richard Peters - 1860 - Broj stranica: 836
...limits to the legislative power; and he asks, '• If any be prescribed, where are they to be /bumf, if the property of an individual fairly and honestly acquired, may be seized without compensation?" It is nowhere intimated in that opinion, that a state statute which divests a vested rieht, is repugnant... | |
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