 | Francis James Newman Rogers - 1840 - 1136 sider
...have most important bearings in decisions upon the particular case. The only general rule seems to be, that the circumstances must be such, as would lead...discretion of a reasonable and just man to the conclusion. 2 Hag. Con. 2, 3 ; i b. 227 ; 1 Hag. Con. 375. Facts need not be so specially proved as to produce... | |
 | Leonard Shelford - 1841 - 532 sider
...delicate in themselves, but which may have most important bearings in decisions upon the particular case. The only general rule that can be laid down upon the...must be such as would lead the guarded discretion uf a reasonable and just man to the conclusion ; for it is not to lead a rash and intemperate judgment... | |
 | Richard Burn - 1842 - 812 sider
...important bearings in decisions on the particular case. The only general rule that can be laid down on the subject is, that the circumstances must be such...not to lead a rash and intemperate judgment moving on appearances that are equally capable of two interpretations ; neither is it to be matter of artificial... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - 1844 - 910 sider
...may have most important bearings in the particular case. — The only general rule that can belaid down upon the subject is, that the circumstances must...discretion of a reasonable and just man to the conclusion." Per Sir W. Scott, in Loveden v. Loveden, 2 Hag. Con. 2. Habitual cohabitation, even where the nights... | |
 | John Frederick Archbold - 1846 - 914 sider
...*28, 155. Each witness, in short, swears in the particular [ *155 ] foim prescribed by his religion : the only general rule that can be laid down upon the subject is, that the oalh be such as the witness deems obligatory upon his conscience. And it is expressly declared by the... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1846 - 624 sider
...required to sustain the charge of adultery. 'J he circumstances to sustain the charge must be such as to lead the guarded discretion of a reasonable and just man to the conclusion that the crime has been committed. Lupp, for complainant. Vroom, for defendant. THE CHANCELLOR. The... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1848 - 918 sider
...which may have an important bearing upon the particular case. The only general rule, says Lord Stowell, is, that the circumstances must be such as would lead...discretion of a reasonable and just man, to the conclusion that the offence had been committed. He adds, " the facts are not of a technical nature ; they are... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1850 - 712 sider
...case last cited, " can not be laid down universally. The only general rule that can be laid down on the subject is, that the circumstances must be such...discretion of a reasonable and just man to the conclusion." Upon these principles, if it be assumed, as I think it must, that before the defendant's marriage an... | |
 | William Hickman - 1851 - 364 sider
...open before him. Each witness, in short, swears in the particular form prescribed by his religion ; the only general rule that can be laid down upon the subject is, that the oath be such as the witness deems obligatory upon his conscience; and it is expressly declared by the... | |
 | Joel Prentiss Bishop - 1852 - 782 sider
...before them," judge of the same facts.2 " The only general rule," Lord Stowell has admirably observed, " that can be laid down upon the subject is, that the...discretion of a reasonable and just man to the conclusion ;3 for it is not to lead a harsh and intemperate judgment, moving upon appearances that are equally... | |
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The only general rule that can be laid down upon the subject is that the circumstances must be such as would lead the guarded discretion of a reasonable and just man to the conclusion... 
