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great principle in Indiana

11 Indiana opinions name it 2 courts 1822–2007 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Indiana courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

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Also cited on this issue (18)

CaseCitedYears
Gardner v. Stover neutral
ind · 1873
2 sentences

2007However, as we have said, “the great rule in drawing briefs consists in conciseness with perspicuity.” Gardner v. Stover, (1873) 43 Ind. 356 .

1975However, as we have said, “the great rule in drawing briefs consists in conciseness with perspicuity.” Gardner v. Stover, (1873) 43 Ind. 356 .

21975–2007
Bryant v. State green
ind · 1933
2 sentences

1973“The litigant had the legal right to have the law, as determined by the Supreme Court, presented to the jury by his counsel.” *264 To further his contention, appellant also cites Bryant v. State (1933), 205 Ind. 372 , 186 N.E. 322 , as follows: “. . .

1973“The litigant had the legal right to have the law, as determined by the Supreme Court, presented to the jury by his counsel.” *264 To further his contention, appellant also cites Bryant v. State (1933), 205 Ind. 372 , 186 N.E. 322 , as follows: “. . .

11973–1973
White v. Board of Commissioners neutral
ind · 1891
1 sentence

1908A governmental power under which the care and control of prisons fall is the great one commonly called the ‘police power.’ In caring for prisons a county exercises part of this great power by virtue of its delegation to it by the legislature, and it is no more liable for the wrongful or negligent acts of the officers in immediate charge of the prison than is the State for the tor tuous conduct of officers placed in charge of the prisons controlled by the State directly.” White v. Board, etc. (1891), 129 Ind. 396 .

11908–1908
Hall v. Thayer green
mass · 1870
1 sentence

1906The great principle should not have a narrow or technical construction, but should be applied to all classes of cases where a judicial officer is called upon to decide controversies between the people.” See, also, Hall v. Thayer (1870), 105 Mass. 219 , 7 Am.

11906–1906
Twist v. City of Rochester green
nyappdiv · 1899
1 sentence

1906The great principle of the common law, which is equally the teaching of Christian morality, so to use one’s property as not to injure others, forbids any other application or use of the rights and powers conferred.” It is perhaps as much úpon the ground of proprietorship as any other that it was held in Twist v. City of Rochester (1899), 55 N. Y.

11906–1906
Miller v. . Leo neutral
ny · 1900
2 sentences

1906Supp. 850 , affirmed in 165 N. Y. 619 , 59 N. E. 1131 , that a city was liable for permitting a patrol wire, heavily charged with electricity, to fall and remain in a public street.

1906Supp. 850 , affirmed in 165 N. Y. 619 , 59 N. E. 1131 , that a city was liable for permitting a patrol wire, heavily charged with electricity, to fall and remain in a public street.

11906–1906
Jeffersonville, Madison, & Indianapolis Railroad v. Bowen neutral
ind · 1872
1 sentence

1897Co. v. Bowen, 40 Ind. 545 .” This language sounds more like an apology than the decision of a great principle.

11897–1897
Paxton v. Sterne green
ind · 1891
1 sentence

1892Boos v. Morgan, 130 Ind. 305 ; Shattuck v. Cox, 128 Ind. 293 ; Huffmond v. Bence, 128 Ind. 131 ; Paxton v. Sterne, 127 Ind. 289 , and cases cited.

11892–1892
Huffmond v. Bence green
ind · 1891
1 sentence

1892Boos v. Morgan, 130 Ind. 305 ; Shattuck v. Cox, 128 Ind. 293 ; Huffmond v. Bence, 128 Ind. 131 ; Paxton v. Sterne, 127 Ind. 289 , and cases cited.

11892–1892
Shattuck v. Cox neutral
ind · 1891
1 sentence

1892Boos v. Morgan, 130 Ind. 305 ; Shattuck v. Cox, 128 Ind. 293 ; Huffmond v. Bence, 128 Ind. 131 ; Paxton v. Sterne, 127 Ind. 289 , and cases cited.

11892–1892
Ewing v. Jones neutral
ind · 1892
1 sentence

1892The light from these sources falls fully upon the case before us, but it was entirely absent from the ease as made by the record in Ewing v. Jones, supra. The great rule, we may say at the outset, for the construction of instruments is to discover and execute the intention of the contracting parties.

11892–1892
Boos v. Morgan green
ind · 1892
1 sentence

1892Boos v. Morgan, 130 Ind. 305 ; Shattuck v. Cox, 128 Ind. 293 ; Huffmond v. Bence, 128 Ind. 131 ; Paxton v. Sterne, 127 Ind. 289 , and cases cited.

11892–1892
Powell v. Powell green
ind · 1885
1 sentence

1887Evans v. Evans, 105 Ind. 204 ; Bass v. Elliott, 105 Ind. 517 ; Burkett v. Holman, 104 Ind. 6 ; Burkett v. Bowen, 104 Ind. 184 ; Powell v. Powell, 104 Ind. 18 ; Robertson v. State, ex rel., supra. It is hardly too much to say, that no statute which applies to a general subject, and is to be enforced by judicial proceedings, is to be considered apart from all other laws, for, surely, no one statute of the character indicated can be reasonably deemed the sole repository of the law upon a general subject, governing all its phases and incidents.

11887–1887
Burkett v. Bowen neutral
ind · 1885
1 sentence

1887Evans v. Evans, 105 Ind. 204 ; Bass v. Elliott, 105 Ind. 517 ; Burkett v. Holman, 104 Ind. 6 ; Burkett v. Bowen, 104 Ind. 184 ; Powell v. Powell, 104 Ind. 18 ; Robertson v. State, ex rel., supra. It is hardly too much to say, that no statute which applies to a general subject, and is to be enforced by judicial proceedings, is to be considered apart from all other laws, for, surely, no one statute of the character indicated can be reasonably deemed the sole repository of the law upon a general subject, governing all its phases and incidents.

11887–1887
Bass v. Elliott neutral
ind · 1886
1 sentence

1887Evans v. Evans, 105 Ind. 204 ; Bass v. Elliott, 105 Ind. 517 ; Burkett v. Holman, 104 Ind. 6 ; Burkett v. Bowen, 104 Ind. 184 ; Powell v. Powell, 104 Ind. 18 ; Robertson v. State, ex rel., supra. It is hardly too much to say, that no statute which applies to a general subject, and is to be enforced by judicial proceedings, is to be considered apart from all other laws, for, surely, no one statute of the character indicated can be reasonably deemed the sole repository of the law upon a general subject, governing all its phases and incidents.

11887–1887
Burkett v. Holman green
ind · 1885
1 sentence

1887Evans v. Evans, 105 Ind. 204 ; Bass v. Elliott, 105 Ind. 517 ; Burkett v. Holman, 104 Ind. 6 ; Burkett v. Bowen, 104 Ind. 184 ; Powell v. Powell, 104 Ind. 18 ; Robertson v. State, ex rel., supra. It is hardly too much to say, that no statute which applies to a general subject, and is to be enforced by judicial proceedings, is to be considered apart from all other laws, for, surely, no one statute of the character indicated can be reasonably deemed the sole repository of the law upon a general subject, governing all its phases and incidents.

11887–1887
Evans v. Evans green
ind · 1886
1 sentence

1887Evans v. Evans, 105 Ind. 204 ; Bass v. Elliott, 105 Ind. 517 ; Burkett v. Holman, 104 Ind. 6 ; Burkett v. Bowen, 104 Ind. 184 ; Powell v. Powell, 104 Ind. 18 ; Robertson v. State, ex rel., supra. It is hardly too much to say, that no statute which applies to a general subject, and is to be enforced by judicial proceedings, is to be considered apart from all other laws, for, surely, no one statute of the character indicated can be reasonably deemed the sole repository of the law upon a general subject, governing all its phases and incidents.

11887–1887
Brooks v. Marbury green
scotus · 1826
1 sentence

1822Brooks v. Marbury, 11 Wheat. 78, 82 .

11822–1822

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