| United States. Supreme Court - 1851 - 680 sider
...continuance of the particular agency, may undoubtedly be claimed, both upon principles of compact and of equity ; but to insist beyond this on the perpetuation...would arrest necessarily every thing like progress or improvement in government; or if changes should be ventured upon, the government would have to become... | |
| Theophilus Parsons - 1866 - 810 sider
...continuance of the particular ngenrv, m:iy undoubtedly be claimed, both upon principles of compact and of equity ; but to insist beyond this on the perpetuation of a public policy cither useless or detrimental, and upon a reward for nets neither desired nor performed, would appear... | |
| Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1868 - 776 sider
...undoubtedly be claimed, both upon principles of compact and of equity ; but to insist beyond this upon the perpetuation of a public policy either useless...reconcilable with neither common justice nor common sense." Daniel, J., in 10 How. 416. See also Territory v. Pyle, 1 Oregon, 149; Bryan v. Cattell, 15 Iowa, 538.... | |
| United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1870 - 820 sider
...continuance of the particular agency, may undoubtedly be claimed, both upon principles of compact and of equity ; but to insist beyond this on the perpetuation...would arrest necessarily every thing like progress or improvement in government ; or if changes should be ventured upon, the government would have to... | |
| Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1874 - 904 sider
...undoubtedly be claimed, both upon principles of compact and of equity ; but to insist beyond this upon the perpetuation of a public policy either useless...reconcilable with neither common justice nor common sense." Daniel, J., in 10 How. 416. See also Barker v. Pittsburgh, 4 Penn. St. 49; Standiford v. Wingate, 2... | |
| Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1874 - 914 sider
...undoubtedly be claimed, both upon principles of compact and of equity ; but to insist beyond this upon the perpetuation of a public policy either useless...reconcilable with neither common justice nor common aense." Daniel, J., in 10 How. 416. See also Barker v. Pittsburgh, 4 Penn. St. 49; Standiford r. Wingate,... | |
| Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1878 - 1032 sider
...principles of compact and of equity; but to insist beyond this upon the perpetuation of a public \- Hoy either useless or detrimental, and upon a reward for...reconcilable with neither common justice nor common sense." Daniel, J., in 10 How. 416. See also Barker E. Pittsburgh, 4 Penn. St. 4U: Standiford v. Wingate, 2... | |
| Jere Baxter - 1879 - 690 sider
...undoubtedly be claimed, both upon principles of compact and of equity; but to insist beyond this upon the perpetuation of a public policy either useless...neither desired nor performed, would appear to be reconciliable with neither common justice nor common sense." Public officers, though salaried, are... | |
| Isaac Grant Thompson - 1881 - 968 sider
...undoubtedly be claimed, both upon principles of compact aud o! equity; but to insist beyond this * * * upon a reward for acts neither desired nor performed, would appear to be reconcilable neither with common justice nor common sense." The learned judges in these instances, were combating... | |
| District of Columbia. Supreme Court, Arthur MacArthur (Sr.), Franklin Hubbell Mackey - 1884 - 510 sider
...continuance of the particular agency, may undoubtly be claimed, both upon principles of compact and of equity; but to insist beyond this on the perpetuation...establishment of such a principle would arrest, necessarily, everything like progress or improvement in government ; or if changes should be ventured upon, the... | |
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