 | Bar Association of the State of Kansas - Bar associations - 1913 - 550 pages
...sacred than any other. Rights of property which have been created by the common law can not be taken away without due process; but the law itself, as a...at the whim of the legislature, unless prevented by constitution limitations. . . . 'Conceding a cause of action for personal injuries is property, the... | |
 | Law - 1917 - 1128 pages
...vested right in rules of the common law. Rights of property vested under the common law cannot be taken away without due process, but the law itself as a rule of conduct may be changed at the will of the Legislature unless prevented by constitutional limitations. The great office of statutes is... | |
 | Employers' liability - 1912 - 1074 pages
...sacred than any other. Eights of property which have been created by the common law cannot be taken away without due process; but the law itself, as a rule of conduct, may be changed at the will * * * of the Legislature, unless prevented by constitutional limitations. Indeed, the great office... | |
 | Texas Bar Association - Bar associations - 1915 - 292 pages
...sacred than any other. Rights of property which have been created by the common law cannot be taken away without due process, but the law itself, as a...rule of conduct may be changed at the will, or even the whim of the legislature, unless prevented by constitutional limitations. Indeed, the great office... | |
 | California. Industrial Accident Commission - Workers' compensation - 1916 - 1136 pages
...sacred than any other. Rights of property which have been created by the common law can not be taken away without due process ; but the law itself, as a rule of conduct, may be changed at the will ... of the legislature, unless prevented by constitutional limitations. Indeed, the great office of... | |
 | Sara Louise Buchanan - Women - 1941 - 1112 pages
...regular legislative session. Of the written law the Supreme Court of the United States has said: * * * the great office of statutes Is to remedy defects...developed, and to adapt it to the changes of time and circumstances.14 The legislative history of the various States demonstrates clearly this function of... | |
 | Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Board - Employers' liability - 1917 - 490 pages
...saered than any other. Rights of property which have been created by the common law cannot be taken away without due process : but the law itself, as a rule of conduct, may be changed 184 at will * * * of the legislature, unless prevented by constitutional limitations. Indeed the great... | |
 | Women - 1951 - 128 pages
...regular legislative session. Of the written law the Supreme Court of the United States has said : * * * the great office of statutes is to remedy defects...developed, and to adapt it to the changes of time and circumstances.13 The legislative history of the various States demonstrates clearly this function of... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 1206 pages
...which have been created by the common law cannot be taken away without due process; but the Bee 4 OTTO. law itself, as a rule of conduct, may be changed at...limitations. Indeed, the great office of statutes in to remedy defects in the common law as they are developed, and to adapt it to the changes o'f time... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 1228 pages
...sacred than any other. Rights of property which have been created by the common law cannot be taken away without due process; but the law itself, as a...adapt it to the changes of time and circumstances." And in Walker v. Sauvinet, 92 US, 90 [XXIII., 678], the court said : " A trial by jury in suits at... | |
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A person has no property, no vested interest, in any rule of the common law. That is only one of the forms of municipal law, and is no more sacred than any other. Rights of property which have been created by the common law cannot be taken away without... 
