 The federal government is composed of twenty-four sovereign and independent States; each of which may have its local usages, customs, and common law. There is no principle which pervades the Union, and has the authority of law, that is not embodied in...  Hearings - Page 74by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Patents - 1926Full view - About this book
 | Law - 1835 - 520 pages
...is no principle which pervades the Union, and has the authority of law, that is not embodied in the constitution or laws of the Union. The common law could be made a part of our system by legislative adoption. Wheaion and Donaldson v. Peters and Grigg, 8 Peters, 591. CONSTITUTIONALITY... | |
 | Henry Wheaton - Copyright - 1834 - 186 pages
...authority of law, that is not em.bodied in the constitution or laws of the union. The common law 1 icould be made a part of our federal system only by legislative adoption. When, therefore, a common law right is asserted, we must look to the state in which the controversy originated. And in... | |
 | Samuel Owen - Law - 1845 - 434 pages
...entitled to great respect, that " it is clear there can be no common law of the United States," and " the common law could be made a part of our federal system only by legislative adoption." (McLean, J., in Wheaton v. Peters, 8. Peters Л. 591, 658.) He was then speaking of rights of property... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Chancery - Equity - 1846 - 750 pages
...whether as a nation, we have to any extent, the principles of the common law in force. Lynch r. Clarke. " the common law could be made a part of our federal system only by legislative adoption." (M'Lean, J., in Wheaton T. Peters, 8 Peters' R. 591, 658.) He was then speaking of rights of property... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1852 - 668 pages
...is no principle which pervades the Union, and has the authority of law, that is not embodied in the Constitution or laws of the Union. The common law...to the State in which the controversy originated." The inquiry, in that case; was, whether a copy-right existed by common law in the State of Pennsylvania.... | |
 | Robert Henley Eden Baron Henley - Forms (Law) - 1852 - 770 pages
...is no principle which pervades the union, and has the authority of law, that is not embodied in the constitution or laws of the union. The common law could be made a part of our system by legislative adoption. Ib. When a common law right is asserted, we look to the state ia which... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - Constitutional history - 1857 - 770 pages
...is no principle which pervades the Union, and has the authority of law, that is not embodied in the Constitution or Laws 'of the Union. The common law could be made a part of the federal system only by legislative adoption. It" is settled that the federal courts have no jurisdiction... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - Constitutional history - 1857 - 774 pages
...interesting discussion on the "Body of Liberties" adopted in 1641, by the Colony of Massachusetts. Laws of the Union. The common law could be made a part of the federal system only by legislative adoption. It is settled that the federal courts have no jurisdiction... | |
 | James Kent - Law - 1858 - 732 pages
...which pervades the Union, and has the authority of law, that is not embodied in the constitution and laws of the Union. The common law could be made a...of our federal system only by legislative adoption, and when a common-law right is asserted, the courts look to the state in which the controversy originated.... | |
 | Joel Prentiss Bishop - Criminal law - 1858 - 1012 pages
...courts is, that we have no national common law; but, in the language of Marshall, CJ, "when a common law right is asserted, we must look to the State in which the controversy originated." 5 The above act, however, does not extend to the mode of procedure, which is derived from other provisions... | |
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