 | Alexander James Dallas - Law reports, digests, etc - 1799 - 552 pages
...what 1 mean. A law that puniihccl a citizen for an innocent action, or, in other words, for an aft, which, when done, was in violation of no existing law ; a> law that deiboys, or impairs, the lawful private contraéis of citizens ; a lav« that makes a '.man a Judge... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - Pennsylvania - 1828 - 434 pages
...it a LAW CASH. founded. A law that punished a citizen for an innocent action, or in other word*, fur an act which, when done, was in violation of no existing...contracts of citizens; a law that makes a man a judge in hit own eatas; or a law that takes property from A. and gives it to R. It is against all reason for... | |
 | Pennsylvania - 1830 - 522 pages
...CASE. M • :• •• fonndrd. A law that punished a citizen for an innocent action, or in ather words, for an act which, when done, was in violation of no existing lav; R law that destroys or impairs the lawful private contracts of citizens; a law that makts a man... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - United States - 1836 - 680 pages
...the United States. Per CHASE, J. Ibid. 14. A law that punishes a citizen for an innocent action, or, in other words, for an act which, when done, was in...violation of no existing law ; a law that destroys or ini|>airs the lawful private contracts of citizens ; a law that makes a man judge in his own cause... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1837 - 696 pages
....sufficient to explain what I mean. A law that punishes a citizen for an innocent action, or, in other words, which- when done, was in violation of no existing law; a law that destroys or impairs lawful private contracts; a law that makes a man a judge in his own case; or a law that takes property... | |
 | Florida. Legislature. House of Representatives - Florida - 1845 - 990 pages
...instances will suffice to explain what I mean : A law that punishes a citizen for an innocent action, or in other words, for an act which when done was in violation of no existing law ; a law that impairs or destroys lawful private contracts of citizens ; a law that makes a man a judge in his own... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - Constitutional law - 1848 - 1040 pages
...nature of the powers on which it is founded. A law that punishes a citizen for an innocent action, or for an act which when done was in violation of no existing law, or one that impairs, or destroys lawful private contracts of citizens, or which makes a man judge in... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - Civil procedure - 1856 - 626 pages
...instances will suffice to explain what I mean : A law that punishes a citizen for ah innocent action, or, in other words, for an act which, when done, was in violation of no existing law — a law which destroys or impairs the lawful private contracts of citizens— a law that makes a man a judge... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 746 pages
...compact cannot be considered a rightful exercise of legislative authority." Among such acts he instances "a law that destroys or impairs the lawful private contracts of citizens." Can we be mistaken in saying that such a law is contrary to the spirit of a Constitution ordained to... | |
 | Timothy Farrar - 1867 - 560 pages
...Revolutionary legislatures afterwards ; so it was 1 " A law that punishes a citizen for nn innocent action, or, in other words, for an act which, when done, was in...private contracts of citizens; a law that makes a man judge in his own cause; or a law that takes property from A, and gives it to B, — is contrary to... | |
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A law that punished a citizen for an innocent action, or, in other words, for an act which, when done, was in violation of no existing law; a law that destroys, or impairs, the lawful private contracts of citizens... 
