 | Law - 1885 - 550 pages
...expediency. Its practicability proceeds iu part upon the truth so clearly expressed by Lord Mansfield that " the law does not consist of particular cases,...principles, which are illustrated and explained by those cases." Rex v. Bembrtdge, S Dougl. 332. The number of the cases is legion, but the principles... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 616 pages
...keen and discriminating judgment. He cared more for good reasons than for precedents; and indeed both as a lawyer and a judge he acted upon Lord Mansfield's...the community in which he spent his life was more hiehlv regarded, and he died crowned with the honor, respect and good will of every one who knew him.... | |
 | Law - 1877 - 1004 pages
...principle found in either of them is clearly stated in this. The author clearly recognizes the fact that the law does not consist of particular cases,...principles, which are illustrated and explained by those cases. There may be hundreds of cases that have been decided upon a principle which every case... | |
 | Law - 1877 - 980 pages
...principle found in either of them is clearly stated in this. The author clearly recognizes the fact that the law does not consist of particular cases,...principles, which are illustrated and explained by those cases. There may be hundreds of cases that have been decided upon a principle which every case... | |
 | James Kirby - Law - 1878 - 658 pages
...evidenced by the decisions, and not the decisions themselves. Lord Mansfield expressed the idea thus : '• The law does not consist of particular cases, but...principles, which are illustrated and explained by these cases."* And Tucker, P., in the Virginia Court : " Though we search for precedents, to discover... | |
 | American Bar Association - Law - 1905 - 980 pages
...lawyer deals greatly with that which is new or abnormal in business or conduct. Lord Mansfield tells us that " the law does not consist of particular cases,...principles which are illustrated and explained by those cases." But its practice does consist of particular cases. Special cases increase with the general... | |
 | Law - 1879 - 924 pages
...cases. by the decisions, and not the decisions themselves. Lord Mansfield expressed the idea thus : " The law does not consist of particular cases, but...principles, which are illustrated and explained by these cases." 2 And Tucker, P., in the Virginia court: " Though we search for precedents, to discover... | |
 | Ohio State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1914 - 294 pages
...like his case, forgetting the principle laid down in the Third Douglass Reports, in Rex vs. Bembridge, that "the law does not consist of particular cases, but of general principles which are illustrated by these cases." The hard-losing and complaining lawyer never gives the court credit for knowing as... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1883 - 1094 pages
...expediency. Its prarticabilitij proceeds, in part, upon the truth so clearly expressed by Lord MANSFIELD that " the Law does not consist of particular cases, but of general principles, which areillnstrated and explained by those cases." * * Hex r*. Bembrulge, 3 Dougl. 332. The number of the... | |
 | Law - 1885 - 548 pages
...expediency. Its practicability proceeds in part upon the truth so clearly expressed by Lord Mansfield that " the law does not consist of particular cases,...principles, which are illustrated and explained by those cases." Rex v. Bembridge, 3 Dougl. 33--'. The number of the cases is legion, but the principles... | |
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The law does not consist of particular cases, but of general principles which are illustrated and explained by these cases. 
