 | John Carter Rose - 1915 - 532 pages
...system, affords an irresistible answer and has indeed fixed the construction. It is a contemporary interpretation of the most forcible nature. This practical...exposition is too strong and obstinate to be shaken or controlled."1 48. The Circuit Courts Under the Act of April 10.. 1869. — In the nearly three score... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Public Lands - 1916 - 278 pages
...system, affords an irresistible answer, and has indeed fixed the construction. It is a contemporary interpretation of the most forcible nature. This practical...strong and obstinate to be shaken or controlled.' "Again, in McPherson v. Blacker, 146 US, 1 (4), where the question was as to the validity of a State... | |
 | Albert Jeremiah Beveridge - 1919 - 694 pages
...Annols, 7th Cong. 1st Sess. 903-04.) judicial system . . has fixed the construction. It is a contemporary interpretation of the most forcible nature. This practical...question is at rest, and ought not now to be disturbed." 1 But the exigency disclosed in this chapter required immediate action, notwithstanding the obstacles... | |
 | Charles Warren - 1922 - 578 pages
...system " affords an irresistible answer, and has indeed fixed the construction. It is a contemporary interpretation of the most forcible nature. This practical...Of course, the question is at rest, and ought not to be disturbed." 1 No more strik-. ing example of the non-partisanship of the American Judiciary can... | |
 | Nevada. Supreme Court - 1922 - 546 pages
...answer, and has indeed fixed the construction. It Opinion of the Court— Coleman, J. is a contemporary interpretation of the most forcible nature. This practical...too strong and obstinate to be shaken or controlled. * * * The question is at rest, and ought not now to be disturbed." Stuart v. Laird, 1 Cranch. 308,... | |
 | John Carter Rose - 1922 - 812 pages
...system, affords an irresistible answer and has indeed fixed the construction. It is a contemporary interpretation of the most forcible nature. This practical...exposition is too strong and obstinate to be shaken or controlled."21 63. Circuit Courts Under the Act of April 10, 1869. In the nearly three score years... | |
 | 1901 - 530 pages
...system, affords an Irresistible answer, and has indeed fixed the construction. It is a contemporary interpretation of the most forcible nature. This practical...question is at rest and ought not now to be disturbed.'' In End. Interp. St. § 527, it is said : '-The greatest deference is shown by the courtg to the interpretation... | |
 | United States. Court of Customs Appeals - 1917 - 592 pages
...system, affords an irresistible answer and has indeed fixed the construction." It is a contemporary interpretation of the most forcible nature. This practical...too strong and obstinate to be shaken or controlled. Robinson & Co. v. Belt (l87 US, 4l); Copper Queen Mining Co. v. Arizona Board (206 US, 474); Fairbank... | |
 | United States. Department of the Interior - 1916 - 712 pages
...system, affords an irresistible answer, and has indeed fixed the construction. It is a contemporary interpretation of the most forcible nature. This practical...strong and obstinate to be shaken or controlled." Again, in McPherson v. Blacker, 146 US, 1 (4), where the question was as to the validity of a state... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce - 1932 - 428 pages
...system, affords an irresistible answer, and has indeed fixed the construction. It is a contemporary interpretation of the most forcible nature. This practical...question is at rest, and ought not now to be disturbed." Thus the court answered a contention as to a practice which had existed for only 14 years. Surely it... | |
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To this objection, which is of recent date, it is sufficient to observe that practice and acquiescence under it for a period of several years, commencing with the organization of the judicial system, affords an irresistible answer, and has indeed fixed... 
