 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Indian Affairs - 1914 - 708 Seiten
...prerogative, but upon a great public policy. The Government can transact its business only through Its agents; and its fiscal operations are so various,...the most serious losses if the doctrine of laches can be applied to its transactions. It would, in effect, work a repeal of all Its securities (US v.... | |
 | William Mark McKinney - 1915
...the maxRCL Vol. X.— 26 ' 401 said that the government can transact its business only through its agents; and its fiscal operations are so various,...the most serious losses, if the doctrine of laches con Id be applied to its transactions.8 Where, however, the government is suing for the use and benefit... | |
 | William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich - 1915
...maxRCL Vol. X.— 26 401 said that the government can transact its business only through its ageriUs; and its fiscal operations are so various, and its...the most serious losses, if the doctrine of laches could be applied to its transactions.2 Where, however, the government is suing for the use and benefit... | |
 | 1916
...prerogative, but upon a great public policy. The government can transact its business only through its agents; and its fiscal operations are so various,...the utmost vigilance would not save the public from tlie most serious losses, if the doctrine of laches can be applied to its transactions. It would, in... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1918
...prerogative, but upon a great public policy. The government can transact its business only through its agents; and its fiscal operations are so various,...the most serious losses, if the doctrine of laches can be applied to its transactions. It would, in effect, work a repeal of all its securities. On the... | |
 | 1919
...of which is presumed to be brought home to the government through "fiscal operations so various, and agencies, so numerous and scattered, that the utmost vigilance would not save the _ , public from the e'rní"KÍ.v^nm¿nt mOSt SerioUS losses ^™vem«t.. if the doctrine of laches... | |
 | 1909
...upon a great public policy. The government can transact its business only through its agents ; ami its fiscal operations are so various, and its agencies...the most serious losses, if the doctrine of laches can be applied to its transactions. It would, in effect, work a repeal of all its securities." In United... | |
 | 1884
...720, the supreme court say ; "The general principle is that laches is not imputable to the government. The utmost vigilance would not save the public from...the most serious losses if the doctrine of laches could be applied to its transactions. It would, in effect, work a repeal of all its securities. " In... | |
 | 1886
...prerogative, but upon a great public policy. The government can transact its business onlv through its agems; and its fiscal operations are so various, and its...the most serious losses, if the doctrine of laches can be applied to its transactions.' TS v. Kirkpatrick, 9 Wheat, 730; IT. S. v. Hoar, 2 Mason, ail... | |
 | United States. General Accounting Office - 1922
...prerogative but upon a great public policy. The Government can transact Its business only through its agents, and its fiscal operations are so various and its agencies so numerous and scattered that theutmost vigilance would not save the public from the most serious losses if the doctrine of laches... | |
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The general principle is that laches is not imputable to the government; and this maxim is founded, not in the notion of extraordinary prerogative, but upon a great public policy. The government can transact its business only through its agents ; and... 
