 | Law - 1888 - 556 pages
...no common law of the United States, in tinsense of a national customary law, distinct from Uncommon law of England as adopted by the several States each...itself, applied as its local law. and subject to such alteration as may be provided bv its own statutes. Wheaton v. Peters. 8 Pet. 591. A determination in... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 2042 pages
...action, recognized as such either by the United States or the state in which the action was brought. That there is no common law of the United States, in the...itself, applied as its local law, and subject to such alteration as may be provided by its own statutes (with the one exception that the interpretation of... | |
 | Ohio State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1911 - 282 pages
...supra, the court recognized the same principle in another rule, which as to this subject is general : "There is no common law of the United States in the...law of England as adopted by the several states each of itself, applied as its local law and subject to such alteration, as may be provided by its own statutes."... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 1450 pages
...such carriers to the public or to individuals. In other words, if the law of the particular state does not govern that relation, and prescribe the rights...itself, applied as its local law, and subject to such alteration as may be provided by its own statutes. Wfteaton v. Peters, 8 Pet. 591. A determination... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 1462 pages
...congress to legislate can be£ construed only as an intention not to disturb what already exists.'and is the* mode by which it adopts, for cases within...itself, applied as its local law, and subject to such alteration as may be provided by its own statutes. Wheaton v. Peters, 8 Pet. 591. A determination in... | |
 | John Ordronaux - Constitutional law - 1891 - 716 pages
...condition of servitude. This was the purpose plainly contemplated by the Act of May 31, 1870.1 There being no common law of the United States in the sense of a territorial municipal law, it was necessary that Congress should declare certain offences committed... | |
 | Charles Andrew Ray - Carriers - 1893 - 914 pages
...treble damages to any shipper injured by an overcharge, the preliminary injunction should be granted.' There is no common law of the United States, in the sense of a national common law, distinct from the common law of Eng'feiuacola & AR Go. v. Mate, 2 Inters. Cora. Rep. 323,... | |
 | William Packer Prentice - Police power - 1894 - 578 pages
...v. State, 49 Ohio 189- Civil Rights cases, 109 US 8. • State of Minnesota v. Barber, 136 US 813. There is no common law of the United States in the sense of a natural customary law, distinct from the common law of England as adopted by the several States, each... | |
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There is no common law of the United States, in the sense of a national customary law, distinct from the common law of England, as adopted by the several states each for itself, applied as its local law, and subject to such alteration as may be provided... 
