Proceedings of the Oregon Bar Association at Its Annual Meeting, Volume 14, Parts 1904-1906Oregon Bar Association, 1907 - Bar associations |
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A. F. FLEGEL adopted allegiance amendment annual meeting Appendix applicants appointed asso attorneys Baker City bill Bronaugh chairman Chamber of Commerce charges commission committee on legal committee on uniform conservatism constitution corporation Coshow decisions doctrine dues 4.00 Sept dues Nov duty education and admission election Emmons employe enacted entrance fee fee and dues Fenton Building grievance committee head notes interstate commerce act John judge King Kollock KRAEMER lative lawyers legal education legislature matter membership ment mittee motion Muir nation November 29 officers opinion Oregon Bar Association Oregon City Oregon State Bar permanent admission placed on file Platt Portland Baker City Portland Chamber Portland Salem practice present president principle profession question radical railroad rates recommend referred Respectfully Roseburg rule Schnabel secretary session submitted supreme court T. G. Greene taxation Thereupon tion unani unanimously Wallace McCamant Warrant William
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Page 123 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence, and affect the community at large.
Page 123 - A railroad is a public highway, and none the less so because constructed and maintained through the agency of a corporation deriving its existence and powers from the State. Such a corporation was created for public purposes. It performs a function of the State.
Page 75 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it— the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter ! — all his force dares not cross* the threshold of the ruined tenement...
Page 122 - Constitution protects, we find that when private property is 'affected with a public interest, it ceases to be juris privati only.
Page 84 - I do not fear to meet it single and alone. No one venerates the peerage more than I do; but, my Lords, I must say that the peerage solicited me, not I the peerage.
Page 84 - I am amazed at his grace's speech. The noble duke cannot look before him, behind him, or on either side of him, without seeing some noble peer who owes his seat in this house to his successful exertions in the profession to which I belong. Does he not feel that it is as...
Page 84 - I can say and will say, that as a peer of parliament, — as speaker of this right honourable house, — as keeper of the great seal, — as guardian of his majesty's conscience, — as Lord High Chancellor of England, — nay, even in that character alone, in which the noble duke would think it an affront to be considered...
Page 56 - reportable case ' is one that will be useful to the practitioner, one that construes a somewhat ambiguous Act of Parliament of general interest, that lays down some fresh legal, principle or applies a well-known principle of law to entirely different circumstances, that doubts, or, as it is frequently termed by the more polite reporters l distinguishes a previous reported case; cases in short that add something to our legal knowledge.
Page 123 - The creation of all highways is a public duty. Railroads are highways. The state may build them. If an individual does that work, he is pro tanto doing the work of the state. He devotes his property to a public use. The state doing the work fixes the price for the use. It does not lose the right to fix the price, because an individual voluntarily undertakes to do the work.
Page 49 - Columbia at such a time in the near future as shall be agreeable, for the purpose of examining, considering and discussing the laws and decisions of the several states upon the subject of divorce with a view to the adoption of a draft...