 | Law - 1917 - 1128 pages
...Industrial methods. No one has a vested right in rules of the common law. Rights of property vested under the common law cannot be taken away without due process,...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 to... | |
 | California. Industrial Accident Commission - Workers' compensation - 1916 - 1138 pages
...are not necessarily expressions of fixed and immutable principles, inherent in the nature of things. "A person has no property, no vested interest, in...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... | |
 | State Bar Association of Wisconsin - Bar associations - 1906 - 540 pages
...the application of this rule to private elevators is a violation of the common law, the court says: "A person has no property, no vested interest, in...municipal law, and is no more sacred than any other. The great office of statutes is to remedy defects in the common law as they are developed, and to adapt... | |
 | Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Board - Employers' liability - 1917 - 490 pages
...did not violate the "due process of law" clause of that constitution, and, in so holding, it was said "A person has no property, no vested interest, in...one of the forms of municipal law, and is no more saered than any other. Rights of property which have been created by the common law cannot be taken... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 1206 pages
...or forego the use. But a mere common law regulation of trade or business may be changed by statute. A person has no property, no vested interest, in any...cannot be taken away without due process; but the Bee 4 OTTO. law itself, as a rule of conduct, may be changed at the will, or even at the whim, of the... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 1228 pages
...111., 94 US, 113-134 [XXiy., 77-87], the Chief Justice,, delivering the opinion of the court, said : " A person has no property, no vested interest, in any...itself, as a rule of conduct, may be changed at the will or even at the whim of the Legislature, unless prevented by constitutional limitations. Indeed, the... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 1148 pages
...use. Bat a mere common law regulation of trade or business may be changed by statute. A person lins no property, no vested interest, in any rule of the...cannot be taken away without due process ; but the law it«elf. as a rule of conduct, may be changed at the will, or even at the whim, of the Legislature,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1974 - 1838 pages
...(1876), which involved legislative changes in the regulation of a trade. Chief Justice Waite said: "A person has no property, no vested interest, in...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... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce - 1975 - 960 pages
...leading earlier < -¡i»^. Munn \. Illinois, 94 US 113, 134 (1876), where Chief Justice Waite said : "A person has no property, no vested interest, in...other. Rights of property which have been created cannot be taken away without due process ; but the law itself, as a rule of conduct, may Ite changed... | |
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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... 
