 | 1911 - 1164 pages
...enforced in the proceedings, since it is the duty of the court to decide actual controversies by n judgment which can be carried into effect, and not...opinions upon moot questions or abstract propositions. [Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Appeal and Error, Cent. Dig. § 3122 : Dec. Dig. § 7S1.*J 2. COURTS... | |
 | United States. Patent Office - 1897 - 848 pages
...question bearing on the record or discussed by counsel, and in the course of the opiniou remarked: The duty of this Court, as of every other judicial...decide actual controversies by a judgment which can bo carried into effect, :md not to give opinions upou moot questions or abstract propositions, or to... | |
 | Washington (State). Supreme Court, Arthur Remington, Solon Dickerson Williams - 1905 - 870 pages
...651, 16 Sup. Ct. 132, 40 L. Ed. 293: TRUMBULL v. JEFFERSON COUNTY. Mar. 1905.J Opinion Per Curiam. "The duty of this court, as of every other judicial...can be carried into effect, and not to give opinions npon moot questions or abstract propositions, or to declare principles or rules of law which cannot... | |
 | 1908 - 1164 pages
...the United States In the case of Mills v. Green, 139 V. 8. 651, 16 Sup. Ct. 132, 40 L. Ed. 293, eald: "The duty of this court, as of every other judicial tribunal, is to deride actual controversies by a judgment which can be carried into effect, and not to give opinions... | |
 | Thomas Atkins Street - 1909 - 714 pages
...been observed that it is the duty of a court of equity to decide actual controversies by a decree that can be carried into effect, and not to give opinions upon moot questions or to declare rules of law that cannot affect the matter in issue in the case before it.44 § 1952. Prejudice... | |
 | William Henry Lloyd - 1916 - 980 pages
...79 Pac. 353 (1905). In Mills v. Green, 159 US 651, 40 L. ed. 293 (i895), it is said, by Gray, J. : "The duty of this court, as of every other judicial...propositions, or to declare principles or rules of law which can not affect the matter in issue in the case before it. It necessarily follows that when, pending... | |
 | William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich - 1917 - 1360 pages
...decide actual controversies by judgments which can be carried into effect, and not to give opinions on moot questions or abstract propositions, or to declare...principles or rules of law which cannot affect the matters in issue in the cases before them. It is, therefore, very generally held that a court, in reviewing... | |
 | Zechariah Chafee - 1924 - 544 pages
...became moot, and should be treated accordingly." He cited Gray, J., Mills v. Green. 159 US 651. 653: "The duty of this court, as of every other judicial...decide actual controversies by a judgment which can he curried into effect, and not to give opinions upon moot questions or abstract propositions. or to... | |
 | United States Department of State - 1937 - 972 pages
...lltnlics ours. |' ' ••In Mill* v. (;<•<; n. 159 US 651 (at page 653), the court said : " 'The fluty of this court. as of every other judicial tribunal....which can be carried into effect, and not to give "pinions UJMII moot iiuestioiis or abstract propositions * * *.' " "Another reason for overriding as... | |
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Mills v. Green, 159 US 651, 653, involving the same principle as is herein involved, the Supreme Court of the United States said: The duty of this court, as of every other judicial tribunal, is to decide actual controversies by a judgment which can be... 
