 Though the court may possess jurisdiction of a cause, of the subject-matter, and of the parties, it is still limited in its modes of procedure, and in the extent and character of its judgments. It must act judicially in all things, and cannot then transcend...  The Southeastern Reporter - Page 3601902Full view - About this book
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1877 - 748 pages
...of the subject-matter, and of the parties, it is still limited in its modes of procedure, and in the extent and character of its judgments. It must act...imprisonment in the penitentiary upon the defendant. If the action be for a libel or personal tort, the court cannot order in the case a specific performance... | |
 | Law - 1877 - 558 pages
...of the subject-matter and of the parties, it is still limited in its modes of procedure and in the extent and character of its judgments. It must act judicially in all things, and cauuot then transcend the power conferred by tbe law. If, for instance, the action be upon a money... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 936 pages
...of the subject matter and of the parties, it is still limited in its mode of procedure, and in the extent and character of its judgments. It must act...conferred by the law. If, for instance, the action be for a money demand, the court, notwithstanding its complete jurisdiction over the subject and parties,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1882 - 1916 pages
...parties, it is still limited in its modes of procedure, and in the extent and character of its judgments. If, for instance, the action be upon a money demand,...imprisonment in the penitentiary upon the defendant. If the action be for a libel or personal tort, the court cannot order the specific performance of a... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 1122 pages
...of the subject-matter and of the parties. It Is still limited In its modes of procedure, and in the extent and character of its judgments. It must act...cannot then transcend the power conferred by the law. • • • The Judgments mentioned • • » (in the cases referred to for Illustration) would not... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1892 - 1912 pages
...of the subject-matter, and of the parties, it is still limited in its modes of procedure, and in the extent and character of its judgments. It must act judicially in all things, and cannot then trascend the power conferred by the law. If, for instance, the action be upon a money demand, the court,... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (4th Circuit), Robert William Hughes - Admiralty - 1883 - 560 pages
...parties, it is still limited in its modes of procedure, and in the extent and character of its judgments. If, for instance, the action be upon a money demand,...imprisonment in the penitentiary upon the defendant; if the action be for a libel or personal tort, the court cannot order the specific performance of a... | |
 | Francis Wharton - Constitutional law - 1884 - 882 pages
...parties, it is still limited in its modes of procedure, and in the extent and character of its judgments. If, for instance, the action be upon a money demand,...imprisonment in the penitentiary upon the defendant. If the action be for a libel or personal tort, the court cannot order the specific performance of a... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1912 - 790 pages
...of the subject-matter, and of the parties, it is still limited in its modes of procedure, and in the extent and character of its judgments. It must act...If, for instance, the action be upon a money demand, Opinion of the Court. 224 US the court, notwithstanding its complete jurisdiction over the subject... | |
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