 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1873 - 782 sider
...township maps, and in his book to be kept for that purpose." It is a well established principle, that when an individual, in the prosecution of a right, does...neglect of a public officer, the law will protect him. Lytle vs. State of Arkansas, 9 How., 333. In this case, McKea and Mead entered a portion of the swamp... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1853 - 926 sider
...well established principle, that where an individual, in the prosecution of a right does every thing which the law requires him to do, and he fails to...neglect of a public officer, the law will protect him. In this case, the preemptive right of Cloyes having been proved, and an offer to pay the money for... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1876 - 650 sider
...time is prior in right ; or the rule as given by the supreme court of the United States, "that when an individual in the prosecution of a right does everything which the law requires him to do, and he fails by the misconduct or neglectof a public officer, the law will protect him," is applicable here. "We... | |
 | Iowa. Supreme Court - 1867 - 668 sider
...department of the government. We take it to be a well established principle of law, that when a party, in the prosecution of a right, does everything which the law requires, and fails to attain his right by the misconduct, negligence, ignorance or mistake of a public officer,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1870 - 820 sider
...well-established principle, that where an individual in the prosecution of a right does every thing which the law requires him to do, and he fails to...neglect of a public officer, the law will protect him. In this case, the preemptive right of Cloyes having been proved, and an offer to pay the money for... | |
 | Nebraska. Supreme Court - 1871 - 534 sider
...well established principle, that where an individual in the prosecution of a right, does every thing which the law requires him to do, and he fails to...neglect of a public officer, the law will protect him. — -Lytle v. Arkansas, 9 Howard, 333. Smiley did all that was required of him in June, 1858, when... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1873 - 740 sider
...as the favorite of the law. The court says further: "It is a well-established principle, that when an individual, in the prosecution of a right, does...neglect of a public officer, the law will protect him. In this case the pre-emptive right of Cloyes having been proved, and an offer to pay the money for... | |
 | Nebraska. Supreme Court, David Allen Campbell, Guy Ashton Brown, Lorenzo Crounse, Walter Alber Leese, Lee Herdmen, Henry Clay Lindsay, Henry Paxon Stoddart - 1873 - 544 sider
...principle, that when an individual in the prosecution of a right does every thing that the law requires of him to do, and he fails to attain his right by the misconduct or the unlawful act or neglect of a public officer, the law will protect him ; " and they cite, in support... | |
 | Nebraska. Supreme Court - 1873 - 548 sider
...principle, that when an individual in the prosecution of a right does every thing that the law requires of him to do, and he fails to attain his right by the misconduct or the unlawful act or neglect of a public officer, the law will protect him ; " and they cite, in support... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - 1912 - 644 sider
...opinion. Messrs. Kinkead, Rogers & Ellis, for plaintiff in error. We believe the rule applies that where an individual in the prosecution of a right does everything which the law required him to do, he will not be prejudiced by the neglect or delay of the clerk of the court or... | |
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It is a well established principle that where an individual in the prosecution of a right does everything which the law requires him to do, and he fails to attain his right by the misconduct or neglect of a public officer, the law will protect him. 
