 | 1916 - 948 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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...simply persists from blind imitation of the past. I am thinking of the technical rule as to trespass ab initio, as it is called, which I attempted to... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1916 - 1376 Seiten
...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...simply persists from blind imitation of the past. I am thinking of the technical rule as to trespass 06 initio, as it is called, which I attempted to... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1916 - 1380 Seiten
...Holmes has expressed his disapproval of the survival of what he regards as an antiquated doetrine: "It is revolting to have no better reason for a rule...IV. It is still more revolting if the grounds upon whieh it was laid down have vanished long sinee, and the rule simply persists from blind imitation... | |
 | National Conference of Social Work (U.S.). Annual Session - 1921 - 542 Seiten
...man of the present but the ™an of the future is the man of statistics and the master of economics. It is revolting to have no better reason for a rule...than that so it was laid down in the time of Henry IV . Far more fundamental questions still await a better answer than that we do as our fathers have done... | |
 | Robert Gildersleeve Paterson - 1918 - 194 Seiten
...man of the present, but the man of the future is the man of statistics and the master of economics. It is revolting to have no better reason for a rule...simply persists from blind imitation of the past. * * * We have too little theory in the law rather than too much, especially on this final branch of... | |
 | 1919 - 394 Seiten
...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 - 340 Seiten
...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...simply persists from blind imitation of the past. I am thinking of the technical rule as to trespass ab initio, as it is called, which I attempted to... | |
 | James Mickel Williams - 1920 - 520 Seiten
...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...simply persists from blind imitation of the past." 25 " It does not follow, because we all are compelled to take on faith at second hand most of the rules... | |
 | 1928 - 174 Seiten
...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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It is revolting to have no better reason 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 the rule simply persists from blind imitation... 
