| New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1868 - 1132 pages
...Constitution : * ARTICLE I. SECTION 1. No member of this State shall be disfranchised or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers. SECTION 2. The trial by jury in all cases in which it has heretofore been... | |
| Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Constitutional law - 1868 - 776 pages
...law." Art. 6, § 32. — Minnesota : " No member of this State shall be disfranchised, or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land, or the judgment of bis peers." Art. 1 , § 2. — Mississippi : " Nor can he be deprived of his life,... | |
| Anthony L. Robertson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1868 - 778 pages
...allowed under such statute. The words of the constitution upon that point are, (art. 1, § 2,) that " the trial by jury in all cases, in which it has been heretofore used, shall remain inviolate forever." The term " case," in such provision has been held to mean the kind of action, prosecution or proceeding,... | |
| New York (State). Court of Appeals, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Erasmus Peshine Smith, Joel Tiffany, Edward Jordan Dimock, Samuel Hand, Hiram Edward Sickels, Louis J. Rezzemini, Edmund Hamilton Smith, Edwin Augustus Bedell, Alvah S. Newcomb, James Newton Fiero - Law reports, digests, etc - 1868 - 672 pages
...which, was adopted in this case, was a violation of the constitutional provision declaring that "the trial by jury, in all cases in which it has been heretofore used, shall remain inviolate forever." (Art. 1, § 2.) Actions upon contracts for the payment of money were generally cognizable in the courts... | |
| New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1868 - 1082 pages
...Committee upon the Preamble and tho Bill of Rights as a proper subject for their consideration, viz.: Trial by jury in all cases in which it has been heretofore used, shall remain inviolate, but jury trial may be waived in all civil cases, in the manner prescribed by law. Adequate uniform... | |
| New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1868 - 1082 pages
...Committee upon the Preamble and tho Bill of Rights as a proper subject for their consideration, viz.: Trial by jury in all cases in which it has been heretofore used, shall remain inviolate, but jury trial may be waived in all civil cases, in the manner prescribed by law. Adequate uniform... | |
| New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division - Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 1074 pages
...constitution which is common in the state constitutions generally throughout the country, viz., that the trial by jury in all cases in which it has been heretofore used shall remain inviolate forever (art. 1, sec. 2), seems to be taken under a misconception. If trial by jury were used in actions of... | |
| Law - 1912 - 314 pages
...protection of the laws, Constitutional Right to Jury Trial. The New York Constitution provides that " the trial by jury in all cases in which it has been heretofore used shall remain inviolate forever." If the statutory provisions relating to compensation are to be construed as definitely fixing the amount... | |
| Austin Wakeman Scott, Sidney Post Simpson - Civil procedure - 1946 - 998 pages
...968, subd. 2; 'Civil Practice Act, sec. 425, subd. 2.) The Constitution provides that the right of trial by jury in all cases in which it has been heretofore used shall remain inviolate. (Art. 1, sec. 2.) An action to recover the possession of land, where the title thereto is disputed,... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1924 - 1668 pages
...New York, which provides: "No member of this state shall be disfranchised; or deprived of any of thé rights or privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land, or the judgment of his peers." When the supreme court saya to one resident plaintiff, "We will hot hear... | |
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