 | West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals, Edgar P. Rucker - 1885 - 940 pàgines
...June 12, 1776, passed our bill of rights by which the same principle was reaffirmed in these words : " That in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, the ancient trial by jury is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred." This provision was... | |
 | 1897 - 1164 pàgines
...trial tc correct the mistakes of the former verdict" Our constitution of 1776 (chapter 11) provided "that In controversies respecting property, and in...to trial by jury -which ought to be held sacred." There was no attempt to define trial by jury, and our courts held that It meant trial by Jury as then... | |
 | Howard Willis Preston - 1886 - 336 pàgines
...whose offence is not particularly described and supported by evidence, are grievous and oppressive, and ought not to be granted. XI. That in controversies...respecting property, and in suits between man and man, the ancient trial by jury of twelve men is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred. XII. That... | |
 | 1886 - 1046 pàgines
...6, following that of 1790 and 1838. In that of 1776, " that in controversies respecting properties, and in suits between man and man the parties have a right to trial by jury." In North Penn. Coal Co. v. Snowdey,, 42 Penn. St. 488, it was held that an act giving a tenant in coal... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1408 pàgines
...thereof, and to remove the same if unlawful; and that such remedy ought not to be denied or delayed. " XL That in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, the ancient trial by jury, as hath been exercised by us and our ancestors, from the lime whereof the memory... | |
 | 1887 - 844 pàgines
...the eleventh section of the declaration of rights was, " that in controversies respecting properties, and in suits between man and man, the parties have...to trial by jury," which ought to be held sacred, and the plan or frame of government, while giving to the supreme court and the several courts of common... | |
 | Robert Stewart Morrison - 1888 - 774 pàgines
...1776 the llth section of the Declaration of Rights was " that in controversies respecting properties, and in suits between man and man, the parties have...to trial by jury," which ought to be held sacred, and the plan or frame of government, while giving to the supreme courts and the several courts of common... | |
 | Historical Society of Pennsylvania - 1888 - 878 pàgines
...constitution of the several States, which provide for the preservation of liberty in matters of religion. 2. That in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, trial by jury shall remain as heretofore, as well in the federal courts as in those of the several... | |
 | Seymour Dwight Thompson - 1889 - 1428 pàgines
...court of law, the parties have a right to trial by jury, which ought to be held sacred.5 Virginia. — That in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, the trial by jury is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred.6 West Virginia. — In suits... | |
 | George Campbell - 1889 - 466 pàgines
...described and supported by evidence, are grievous and oppressive, and ought not to be granted. 13. That in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, the trial by jury is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred. 14. That the freedom of the... | |
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That in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, the ancient trial by jury is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred. 
