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" It has been asserted as a principle of the common law that the division of an empire creates no forfeiture of previously vested rights of property. "
Mediation of the Honduran-Guatemalan Boundary Question: Held Under the Good ... - Page 114
by United States. Department of State - 1919
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Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme ..., Volume 9; Volume 13

United States. Supreme Court - 1817 - 528 pages
...; and, •we may add, with many a flower of prerogative struck from its hands. It has been assorted as a principle of the common law that the division of an empire creates no forfeiture of pre.vi <usly vested rights of prrp<rty. Kelly 13. Harrison, 2 John. c. 29. Jackson v. Lunn, 3 John,...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the ..., Volume 4

United States. Supreme Court - 1819 - 816 pages
...division of an empire, works no forfeiture of previously vested rights of property. And this maxim is equally consonant with the common sense of mankind, and the maxims of eternal justice." This objection, therefore, may be safely dismissed without further comment. The remaining inquiry is,...
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Report

Harvard University. Board of Overseers. Committee, to whom it was referred to inquire into the state of the University - 1910 - 732 pages
...the division of an empire works no forfeiture of previously vested rights of property. And this maxim is equally consonant with the common sense of mankind, and the maxims of eternal justice."! But I am willing, for the sake of argument, to concede, that the college charter was, or might have...
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A Letter to John Lowell, Esq. in Reply to a Publication Entitled Remarks on ...

Edward Everett - 1824 - 118 pages
...the division of an empire works no forfeiture of previously vested rights of property. And this maxim is equally consonant with the common sense of mankind, and the maxims of eternal justice."f But I am willing, for the sake of argument, to concede, that the college charter was, or...
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The American Jurist and Law Magazine, Volume 6; Volume 24

1843 - 530 pages
...episcopal church ; and the property remained unimpaired notwithstanding the American revolution. For it is a principle of the common law, that the division of...forfeiture of previously vested rights of property. Several subsequent statutes recognized the rights of the church, and made provision for the management...
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Legislative Documents of the Senate and Assembly ..., Volume 4, Issues 291-434

New York (State). Legislature - 1830 - 512 pages
...a separation from Great Britain ; and although in modern times it is a well established principle, that the division of an empire creates no forfeiture of previously vested rights of property, it was deemed wise and politic to adopt this just and equitable rule into the written law, and make...
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A Journal of the Proceedings of the House of Representatives of the ...

Florida. Legislature. House of Representatives - 1845 - 990 pages
...successfully questioned. The Supreme Court of the United States, in at least four cases, has declared : "The division of an empire creates no forfeiture of...sense of mankind and the maxims of eternal justice." Again, when the chartered rights of a Church granted prior to the revolution were questioned : " Be,...
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A Tour of Duty in California: Including a Description of the Gold Region ...

Joseph Warren Revere - 1849 - 354 pages
...the division of an empire works no forfeiture of previously vested rights of property, and this maxim is equally consonant with the common sense of mankind, and the maxims of eternal justice." —5 Wheaton, 518.— (Chief Justice Marshall). " In the treaty by which Louisiana was acquired, the...
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Commentaries Upon International Law, Volume 1

Robert Phillimore - 1854 - 406 pages
...common."(/) So Mr. Justice Story, delivering a judgment in the Supreme Court of the United States, observed : "It has been asserted as a principle of the common...sense of mankind, and the maxims of eternal justice. "(m) Lastly, it should be observed, that this principle is in viridi obscrvantiH in International practice,...
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Commenentaries Upon International Law, Volume 1

Robert Phillimore - 1854 - 930 pages
...common."(T) So Mr. Justice Story, delivering a judgment in the Supreme Court of the United States, observed: "It has been asserted as a principle of the common...common sense of mankind, and the maxims of eternal justice."(m) Lastly, it should be observed, that this principle is in viridi observantia, in International...
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