But we are clearly of opinion, that in all of these cases, the danger must be immediate and impending; or the necessity urgent for the public service, such as will not admit of delay, and where the action of the civil authority would be too late in providing... The American and English Encyclopedia of Law - Page 436edited by - 1891Full view - About this book
| North American review - 1896 - 818 pages
...of opinion that in all of these cases the danger must be immediate and impending ; or the necessity urgent for the public service, such as will not admit...would be too late in providing the means which the occasiou calls for. It is impossible to define the particular circumstances of danger or necessity... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1852 - 668 pages
...converting it to the nse of the public , but the danger must be immediate and impending, or the necessity urgent for the, public service, such as will not admit...providing the means which the occasion calls for. The facts as they appeared to the officer must furnish the rule for the application of these principles.... | |
| Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1869 - 632 pages
...of the opinion that in all these cases the danger must be immediate and impending, or the necessity urgent for the public service, such as will not admit...providing the means which the occasion calls for. It is the emergency which gives the right, and the emergency must be shown to exist before the taking can... | |
| William Whiting - Executive power - 1864 - 376 pages
...military necessity, Chief Justice Taney, in delivering the opinion of the court in that case, said, "It is impossible to define the particular circumstances of danger or necessity in which the power may be lawfully exercised. Every case must depend on its own circumstances. It is the emergency... | |
| United States. Court of Claims, Audrey Bernhardt - Law reports, digests, etc - 1952 - 932 pages
...of opinion, that in all of these cases, the danger must be immediate and impending; or the necessity urgent for the public service, such as will not admit...particular circumstances of danger or necessity in Opinion of the Cvart which this power may be lawfully exercised. Every case must depend on its own... | |
| United States. Court of Claims, Audrey Bernhardt - Law reports, digests, etc - 1958 - 1004 pages
...Justice Taney, "that in all of these cases the danger must be immediate and impending; or the necessity urgent for the public service, such as will not admit...providing the means which the occasion calls for. . . . Every case must depend on its own circumstances. It is the emergency that gives the right, and... | |
| John Norton Pomeroy - Constitutional law - 1868 - 588 pages
...of the opinion that in all these cases the danger must be immediate and impending, or the necessity urgent for the public service, such as will not admit...may be lawfully exercised. Every case must depend upon its own circumstances. It is the emergency which gives the right; and the emergency must be shown... | |
| North Carolina. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1875 - 720 pages
...was made under an urgent necessity for the public service, such as did not admit of delay, and where the civil authority would be too late in providing the means which the occasion called for. It is not the order of his superior that justifies a military officer in doing an unlawful... | |
| William Whiting - Executive power - 1871 - 736 pages
...military necessity, Chief Justice Taney, in delivering the opinion of the court in that case, said, "It is impossible to define the particular circumstances of danger or necessity in which the power may be lawfully exercised. Every case must depend on its own circumstances. It is the emergency... | |
| David Dudley Field - International law - 1872 - 230 pages
...tribunals, can only be justified on the ground of a danger immediate and impending, or a necessity urgent for the public service, such as will not admit of delay, and when the action of the civil authority would be too late in providing the means which the occasion... | |
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