Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the Alabama State Bar Association, Volume 50State Printers, 1927 - Bar associations |
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... mind of the lawyers in the Legislature . They say it is all wrong to tax all tobacco . It is perfectly plain to anybody that if tobacco be ground fine enough to make it into snuff , certainly , on the face of it , that is not a fit ...
... mind of the lawyers in the Legislature . They say it is all wrong to tax all tobacco . It is perfectly plain to anybody that if tobacco be ground fine enough to make it into snuff , certainly , on the face of it , that is not a fit ...
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... mind turned to that beloved and distinguished member of our Association from Huntsville . I am going to ask Mr. Cooper to accept this gavel on behalf of the new Association , and express appreciation of the spirit that prompted its ...
... mind turned to that beloved and distinguished member of our Association from Huntsville . I am going to ask Mr. Cooper to accept this gavel on behalf of the new Association , and express appreciation of the spirit that prompted its ...
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... mind last Sunday that perhaps you would have enough of that , and would rather have some observations on conditions . and tendencies of the times in which we are living rather than some technical discussion on a hot day like this of ...
... mind last Sunday that perhaps you would have enough of that , and would rather have some observations on conditions . and tendencies of the times in which we are living rather than some technical discussion on a hot day like this of ...
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... mind was that the majority of that Commission always feel that the Presi- dent of this organization should be elected by the organiza- tion itself rather than by the Board of Commissioners . The duties of the Board of Commissioners are ...
... mind was that the majority of that Commission always feel that the Presi- dent of this organization should be elected by the organiza- tion itself rather than by the Board of Commissioners . The duties of the Board of Commissioners are ...
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... mind ; it seems to me that all definitions of law have gone , and that the lawyer of today thinks with Aaron Burr that anything is law that is boldly asserted and forcibly main- tained . We have lost sight of the fact that laws must be ...
... mind ; it seems to me that all definitions of law have gone , and that the lawyer of today thinks with Aaron Burr that anything is law that is boldly asserted and forcibly main- tained . We have lost sight of the fact that laws must be ...
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Page 56 - OFT, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me : The smiles, the tears, Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone, Now dimmed and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken ! Thus, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me, Sad Memory brings the light Of other days around me.
Page 120 - And it appears in our books, that in many cases, the common law will control acts of parliament, and sometimes adjudge them to be utterly void ; for when an act of parliament is against common right and reason, or repugnant, or impossible to be performed, the common law will control it, and adjudge such act to be void ; and therefore in 8 E 330 ab Thomas Tregor's case on the statutes of W.
Page 88 - I will never reject, from any consideration personal to myself, the cause of the defenseless or oppressed, or delay any man's cause for lucre or malice. SO HELP ME GOD.
Page 129 - Committee on the Establishment of a Permanent Organization for the Improvement of the Law.
Page 179 - often and often in the course of the session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the president without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting. But now at length I have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting sun.
Page 115 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it— the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter ! — all his force dares not cross* the threshold of the ruined tenement...
Page 56 - When I remember all The friends, so linked together, I've seen around me fall, Like leaves in wintry weather, I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed...
Page 12 - God, Give Us Men! God, give us men! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands; Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking! Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog In public duty and in private thinking...
Page 27 - The bar, which is an institution of the highest usefulness and standing, would be degraded if even its humblest member became subject to the orders of a money-making corporation engaged, not in conducting litigation for itself, but in the business of conducting litigation for others. The degradation of the bar is an injury to the state.
Page 92 - SUNSET and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea, But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For tho...