 | 1889 - 546 pages
...distinctions were subsequently ingrafted on this doctrine, but they have been swept away, and finally the courts of England have reasserted and enforced...justice that a judicial officer, in exercising the anthority vested in him, shall be free to act upon his own convictions without apprehension of personal... | |
 | 1890 - 542 pages
...secure the independence of the judges; it being, as observed by the court in the case above cited, " of the highest importance to the proper administration...justice that a judicial officer, in exercising the anthority vested in him. shall be free to act upon his own convictions, without apprehension of personal... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1872 - 1546 pages
...act may have been, and however injurious in its consequences it may have proved to the plaintiff. For it is a general principle of the highest importance...own convictions, without apprehension of personal consequences to himself. Liability to answer to every one who might feel himself aggrieved by the action... | |
 | 1876 - 672 pages
...probable that any will be hereafter so widely extended. The settled principle, on the contrary, is that a judicial officer, in exercising the authority...his own convictions without apprehension of personal consequences to himself. Liability to answer to every one who might feel himself aggrieved by the action... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit) - 1877 - 648 pages
...probable that any will be hereafter so widely extended. The settled principle, on the contrary, is, that a judicial officer, in exercising the authority...own convictions, without apprehension of personal consequences to himself. Liability to answer to every one who might feel himself aggrieved by the action... | |
 | Edward P. Weeks - 1879 - 368 pages
...been, or however injurious in its consequences it proved to the plaintiff. " For," said the court, 1 " it is a general principle of the highest importance...own convictions, without apprehension of personal consequences to himself. Liability to answer to every one who might feel himself aggrieved by the action... | |
 | 1889 - 1878 pages
...secure the independence of the judges; it being, as observed by the court in the case above cited, "of the highest importance to the proper administration...own convictions, without apprehension of personal consequences to himself." With respect to judges of limited and inferior jurisdiction, however, it... | |
 | 1889 - 948 pages
...secure the independence of the judges; it being, as observed by the court in the case above cited, "of the highest importance to the proper administration...own convictions, without apprehension of personal consequences to himself." With respect to judges of limited and inferior jurisdiction, however, it... | |
 | 1926 - 1144 pages
...act may have been, and however injurious in its consequences it may have proved to the plaintiff. For it is a general principle of the highest importance...authority vested in him, shall be free to act upon his own con*4 viciions, without apprehension of personal consequences to himself. Liability to answer to every... | |
 | 1884 - 762 pages
...act may have been, and however injurious in its consequences it may have proved to the plaintiff. For it is a general principle of the highest importance...own convictions, without apprehension of personal consequences to himself. Liability to answer to every one who might feel himself aggrieved by the action... | |
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For it is a general principle of the highest importance to the proper administration of justice that a judicial officer, in exercising the authority vested in him, shall be free to act upon his own convictions, without apprehension of personal consequences... 
