 | Henry Wheaton - Copyright - 1834 - 186 pages
...were shown to exist in England, does the same right exist, and to the same extent, in this country ? It is clear, there can be no common law of the United...The federal government is composed of twenty-four sove^ reign and independent states, each of which may have its local usages, customs, and common law.... | |
 | Samuel Owen - Law - 1845 - 434 pages
...this subject. For instance, it is said by a judge whose opinion is 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,... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - Constitutional history - 1857 - 774 pages
...by the Supreme Court of the United States, to be clear that there can be no common law of the Union. The federal Government is composed of twenty-four...independent States, each of which may have its local usages and common law ; but there is no principle which pervades the Union, and has the authority of law,... | |
 | Daniel Gardner - International and municipal law - 1860 - 740 pages
...of Virginia." (See, also, Wheaton et al. vs. Peters, 8 Peters, 658.) In that case the court say : " It is clear there can be no common law of the United States." (See, also, 9 How. 618. 7 Cranch, 32. 1 Kenfs Com. ed. 1848, pp. 339—341. 1 Wood. & Minofs CCR 401.)... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - Constitutional law - 1874 - 750 pages
...by the Supreme Court of the United States, to be clear that there can be no common law of the Union. The federal Government is composed of twenty-four...independent States, each of which may have its local usages and common law ; but there is no principle which pervades the Union, and has the authority of law,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1875 - 842 pages
...Clarke, 2 McLean 568. In the case of Wheaton $• Donaldson v. Peters, 8 Pet. 658, the - MI i says : " It is clear there can be no common law of the United...composed of twenty-four sovereign and independent slates, each of which may have its local usages, customs and common law. There is no principle which... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1875 - 860 pages
...common law of the country designated geographically as the United States. The Union is composed of sovereign and independent States, each of which may have its local usages, customs, nnd common law. There is no principle which per vadee the Union and has the authority of law that is... | |
 | Charles Sidney Whitman - Copyright - 1878 - 1224 pages
...the rules of property which regulate society, and which define the rights of things in general. 16. It is clear there can be no common law of the United...composed of twenty-four sovereign and independent States, eacii of which may have its local usages, customs, and common law. There .is no principle which pervades... | |
 | Rev. Henry Mason Baum - 1882 - 924 pages
...English Common law—that the Supreme Court of the United States said, in Wheaton •». Peters: " The federal government is composed of twenty-four...may have its local usages, customs and Common law. No one will contend that the Common law as it existed in England "has ever been in force in all its... | |
 | 1882 - 332 pages
...elaborately argued by Mr. WEBSTER and Mr. INGERSOL : — 'It is clear that there can be no Common Law tf/'the United States. The Federal Government is composed...independent States, each of which may have its local usages and Common Law. There is no principle which pervades the Union and has the authority of Law, that is... | |
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It is clear, there can be no common law of the United States. 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... 
