 | 1835 - 520 pages
...United States. The federal government is composed of twenty-four sovereign and independent states, each of which may have its local usages, customs and...Union. The common law could be made a part of our system by legislative adoption. Wheaion and Donaldson v. Peters and Grigg, 8 Peters, 591. CONSTITUTIONALITY... | |
 | Henry Wheaton - 1834 - 186 pages
...United States. The federal government is composed of twenty-four sove^ reign and independent states, each of which may have its local usages, customs,...constitution or laws of the union. The common law 1 icould be made a part of our federal system only by legislative adoption. When, therefore, a common... | |
 | Samuel Owen - 1845 - 434 pages
...entitled to great respect, that " it is clear there can be no common law of the United States," and " the common law could be made a part of our federal system only by legislative adoption." (McLean, J., in Wheaton v. Peters, 8. Peters Л. 591, 658.) He was then speaking of rights of property... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Chancery - 1846 - 750 pages
...whether as a nation, we have to any extent, the principles of the common law in force. Lynch r. Clarke. " the common law could be made a part of our federal system only by legislative adoption." (M'Lean, J., in Wheaton T. Peters, 8 Peters' R. 591, 658.) He was then speaking of rights of property... | |
 | James Kent - 1851 - 706 pages
...law of the United States. Each of the states has its local usages, customs and common law. There was no principle which pervades the Union, and has the...authority of law, that is not embodied in the constitution and laws of the Union. The common law could be made a pail of our federal system only by legislative... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1852 - 668 pages
...United States. The federal government is composed of twenty-four sovereign and independent States, each of which may have its local usages, customs,...system only by legislative adoption. When, therefore, a common-law right is' asserted, we must look to the State in which the controversy originated." The... | |
 | Robert Henley Eden Baron Henley - 1852 - 770 pages
...United States. The federal government is composed of twenty-four sovereign and independent states, each of which may have its local usages, customs,...union. The common law could be made a part of our system by legislative adoption. Ib. When a common law right is asserted, we look to the state ia which... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1857 - 770 pages
...twenty-four sovereign and independent States, each of which may have its local usages and common law; but there is no principle which pervades the Union, and...the Union. The common law could be made a part of the federal system only by legislative adoption. It" is settled that the federal courts have no jurisdiction... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1857 - 774 pages
...twenty-four sovereign and independent States, each of which may have its local usages and common law ; but there is no principle which pervades the Union, and...of law, that is not embodied in the Constitution or * Commonwealth vs. Alger, 7 Cvshing, 63, 66. See this case for a very interesting discussion on the... | |
 | James Kent - 1858 - 732 pages
...law of the United States. Each of the states has its local usages, customs, and common law. There was no principle which pervades the Union, and has the...authority of law, that is not embodied in the constitution and laws of the Union. The common law could be made a part of our federal system only by legislative... | |
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It is clear, there can be no common law of the United States. The federal government is composed of twenty-four sovereign and independent States; each of which may have its local usages, customs, and common law. There is no principle which pervades the... 
