 | 1902 - 546 페이지
...Field, of the United States Supreme Court, strongly affirms that "an unconstitutional act is not a law ; it confers no right, it imposes no duties, it...contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed."8 The same view is taken by Judge Cooley who states, that "when a statute is adjudged to be... | |
 | 1927 - 224 페이지
...v. Shelby County,24 Justice Field said, "An unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; it affords no protection ; it...as inoperative as though it had never been passed." While this probably represents the weight of authority on this point of law, there is nevertheless... | |
 | Robert Dorsey Watkins - 1927 - 240 페이지
...unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; it affords no protection; it is, in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed." 49 Virginia issued bonds containing coupons receivable for taxes. A later act forbade their receipt... | |
 | 1927 - 622 페이지
...unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; it affords no protection; it is, in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed." 49 Virginia issued bonds containing coupons receivable for taxes. A later act forbade their receipt... | |
 | William Mack, William Benjamin Hale - 1919 - 1166 페이지
...grounds of estoppel,98 when we consider that an "unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights; it imposes no' duties; it affords no protection; it...as inoperative as though it had never been passed. "9T The great weight of authority 26 NY 75; Toledo Bank v. International Bank, 21 NY 542; Eaton v.... | |
 | 1898 - 1252 페이지
...Ct 1121, said: "It confers no rights. It Im[•oses no duties. It affords no protection. It i-reates no office. It Is, In legal contemplation, as inoperative as though It never had been passed." Discussing the same question, Judge Cooley says: "When a statute Is adjudged... | |
 | 1914 - 318 페이지
...US 425, wherein Justice Field said : "An unconstitutional act is not a law ; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; it affords no protection ; it...as inoperative as though it had never been passed. . . . Where an office exists under the law, it matters not how the appointment of the incumbent is... | |
 | 1925 - 1636 페이지
...never been passed. It has been often said of an unconstitutional legislative act that it "is not a law ; it confers no right ; it imposes no duties ;...as inoperative as though it had never been passed." Norton v. Shelby County, 118 US 442, 30 L. ed. 186, 6 Sup. Ct. Rep. 1125; Bonnett v. Vallier, 136 Wis.... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1965 - 942 페이지
...Nortonv. Shelby County, 118 US 425 (1886)," holding that unconstitutional action "confers no rights; it imposes no duties; it affords no protection; it...as inoperative as though it had never been passed." At 442. The judge rather than being the creator of the law was but its discoverer. Gray, Nature and... | |
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An unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; it affords no protection; it creates no office ; it is, in legal contemplation, as inopera,tive as though it had never been passed. 
