| 1916 - 948 páginas
...this point, one may recall the words of Mr. Justice Holmes upon the subject of trespass ab initio : " It is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that it was laid down in the reign of Henry IV. It is still more revolting if the grounds upon which it... | |
| Eugene Allen Gilmore, William Charles Wermuth - 1914 - 964 páginas
...Liability, p. 48. Mr. Justice Holmes has expressed disapproval of the doctrine of trespass ab initio : " It is revolting to have no better reason for a rule...that so it was laid down in the time of Henry IV. It is still more revolting if the grounds upon which it was laid down have vanished long since, and... | |
| William Blackstone - 1916 - 1376 páginas
...Holmes has expressed his disapproval of the survival of what he regards as an antiquated doctrine: "It is revolting to have no better reason for a rule...that so it was laid down in the time of "Henry IV. It is still more revolting if the grounds upon which it was laid down have vanished long since, and... | |
| Robert Gildersleeve Paterson - 1918 - 194 páginas
...confident, and see that really they were taking sides upon debatable and often burning questions. * * * For the rational study of the law the black-letter...that so it was laid down in the time of Henry IV. It is still more revolting if the grounds upon which it was laid down have vanished long since and... | |
| 1919 - 394 páginas
...is more free from pedantry than Mr. Justice Holmes. I will quote you from one of his own articles : "It is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that it was laid down in the reign of Henry IV. It is still more revolting if the grounds upon which it... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes (Jr.) - 1920 - 330 páginas
...is only the first step. The next is either to kill him, or to tame him and make him a useful animal. For the rational study of the law the black-letter...that so it was laid down in the time of Henry IV. It is still more revolting if the grounds upon which it was laid down have vanished long since, and... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes (Jr.) - 1920 - 340 páginas
...future is the man of statistics and the master of economics. It is revolting to have no better reason1) ..for a rule of law than that so it was laid down in! ' the time of Henry IV. It is still more revolting* if the grounds upon which it was laid down have vanished long since, and... | |
| James Mickel Williams - 1920 - 520 páginas
...the law of some state." 24 Says Justice Holmes: " It is revolting to have no better reason for a rule than that so it was laid down in the time of Henry IV. It is still more revolting if the grounds upon which it was laid down have vanished long since, and... | |
| 1928 - 174 páginas
...and as Justice Holmes (Collected Papers, page 187) says "It is revolting to have no better rule for a law than that, so it was laid down in the time of Henry IV." We will never get anywhere in a reform or restatement of Real Property law until we cease recognizing... | |
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