 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - 1913 - 996 σελίδες
...(30 L. Ed. 178), where Mr. Justice Field, in speaking for the court, says: 'An unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights; it imposes no...protection; it creates no office ; it is, in legal contemplation, as inopera,tive as though it had never been passed.' "If this be true, how can any officer,... | |
 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - 1913 - 1002 σελίδες
...County, 118 US, 425, 30 L. Ed., 178. In that case the Supreme Court said: "An unconstitutional act is not a law. It confers no rights; it imposes no duties; it creates no office; it is, in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed;"... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - 1911 - 662 σελίδες
...Smith, Taft & Arter and Messrs. Griswold & White, for defendants in error. An unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights ; it imposes no duties ; it affords no protection; creates no office; it is in legal contemplation, inoperative as though it has not been passed. Norton... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - 1911 - 668 σελίδες
...Neb., 409; People v. Hatch, 33 11l., 9; Cooley's Const. Lim. (7 ed.), 186. An unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; it affords no proArgument for Respondent. tection; it creates no office; it is, in legal contemplation, as inoperative... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - 1911 - 694 σελίδες
...(30 L. Ed. 178), where Mr. Justice Field, in speaking for the court, says: "An unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights; it imposes no...protection; it creates no office; it is, in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed." If this be true, how can any officer,... | |
 | American Bar Association - 1912 - 1266 σελίδες
...Xorton vs. Shelby County (118 US 425) : " An unconstitutional act is not law, it confers no right, it imposes no duties, it affords no protection, it creates no office; it is, in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed." When invoked in a case, courts simply... | |
 | 1899 - 2058 σελίδες
...nothing else. It Is difficult to meet it by any argument beyond this statement. An unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights; it imposes no...protection; it creates no office; it is, in legal contemplation, as Inoperative as though It Lad never been passed." In the case at bar the constitutionality... | |
 | 1894 - 1156 σελίδες
...nothing else. It Is difficult to meet it by any argument beyond this statement. An unconstitutional act is not a law; It confers no rights; it imposes no...protection; it creates no office; it is, in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though It " had never been passed." The result was that the bonds... | |
 | 1909 - 764 σελίδες
...expressed by Mr. Justice Field in Norton v. Shelby County, 118 I.'. S. 442; " An unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights; it imposes no...protection; it creates no office; it is, in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed." But the legal practice is different:... | |
 | 1910 - 1164 σελίδες
...validity to the act of its assumed Incumbent. » * * beyond this statement An unconstitutional act is not a law. it confers no rights. It imposes no...protection. It creates no office. It Is, In legal contemplation, as Inoperative as though It had never been passed." Chief Justice Gummere declares precisely... | |
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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 inoperative as though it had never been passed. 
