 | United States. Circuit Court (3rd Circuit), Bushrod Washington - 1827 - 672 str.
...v». Peck, 6 Cranch, which seem to be not inapplicable to this subject; they are the following — " The question, whether the act of transferring the...of an individual to the public, be in the nature of the legislative power, is -well worthy of reflection." p. 136. " How far the power of giving the law,... | |
 | James Madison Porter - 1837 - 72 str.
...and, if any be proscribed, where are they to be found, if the property of an individual, fairly and honestly acquired, may be seized without compensation....of an individual to the public, be in the nature of the legislative power, is well worthy of serious reflection. It is the peculiar province of the legislature... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1837 - 696 str.
...and if any be prescribed, where are they to be found, if the property of an individual, fairly and honestly acquired, may be seized without compensation....of an individual to the public, be in the nature of the legislative power, is well worthy of serious reflection. Regarding the practical operation and... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1838 - 696 str.
...are they to be found, if the property of an individual, fairly and honestly acquired, may be siezed without compensation. To the legislature all legislative...power is granted ; but the question whether the act of transfering the property of an individual to the public, be in the nature of the legislative power,... | |
 | John Marshall - 1839 - 762 str.
...and if any be prescribed, where are they to be found, if the property of an individual, fairly and honestly acquired, may be seized without compensation...of an individual to the public be in the nature of the legislative power, is well worthy of serious reflection. «Cr. 135. It is the peculiar province... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1040 str.
...and, if any be prescribed, where are they to be found, if the property of an individual, fairly and honestly acquired, may be seized without compensation...of an individual to the public, be in the nature of the legislative power, is well worthy of serious reflection." Mr. Justice Patterson also, in another... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1004 str.
...the property of an individual, fairly and honestly acquired, may be seized without compensation 1 " To the legislature all legislative power is granted;...of an individual to the public, be in the nature of the legislative power, is well worthy of serious reflection." Mr. Justice Patterson also, in another... | |
 | Kentucky. Constitutional Convention - 1849 - 1140 str.
...they to be found, ' if the property [the word property is used here] 'of an individual, fairly and honestly acquired, '.may be seized without compensation....an individual to ' the public, be in the nature of the legislative •power, is well worthy of serious reflection. "The validity of this rescinding act,... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1854 - 674 str.
...and, if any be prescribed, where are they to be found, if the property of an individual, fairly and honestly acquired, may be seized without compensation...of an individual to the public be in the nature of the legislative power, is well worthy of serious reflection. " It is the peculiar province of the legislature... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1856 - 614 str.
...a patent. Marshall, CJ, guardedly says : " To the legislature all legislative power is granted. But whether the act of transferring the property of an individual to the public, be in the nature of the legislative power, is well worthy of serious reflection." Here, also, the venerable judge was speaking,... | |
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It may well be doubted whether the nature of society and of government does not prescribe some limits to the legislative power; and if any be prescribed, where are they to be found if the property of an individual, fairly and honestly acquired, may be... 
