 | New Jersey. Supreme Court - 1839 - 658 páginas
...is not in force, and was not, when Cook, (under whom the defendant claims) purchased in 1833. "When an act of Parliament is repealed, it must be considered, except as to transactions passed and closed, as if it had never existed" — 9 Law Lib. Dwarris on Stat. 676. Therefore when... | |
 | Great Britain. Bail Court, Alfred Septimus Dowling - 1837 - 856 páginas
...Surtees v. Ellison (e) : Lord Tenterden, CJ, observing " that it has long been established, that, when an act of parliament is repealed, it must be considered (except as to transactions past and (a) 1 W. Black. 451. (c) 4 Bing. 212. (6) Rex v. M'Kensie, 1 R. & R. (d) 6 Bing. 582. 429. (e) 9 B.... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Sandford Nevile - 1839 - 762 páginas
...act of parliament repealing former acts, is thus laid down by Lord Tenterden in Snrtees v. Ellison (a) : " It has been long established, that where an...expressly enacts that every note, bill, &c. which, if this act had not been passed, would, by virtue of the said acts, have been absolutely void, shall... | |
 | Graham Willmore, Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Frederick Luard Wollaston, Henry Davison - 1839 - 780 páginas
...bill. In Surtcrs v. Ellison (a), Lord Tenlerden observes, " It has been long established, that when an act of parliament is repealed, it must be considered (except as to transactions passed and closed) as if it had never existed." As, however, the first section, instead of simply repealing... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, John Leycester Adolphus, Thomas Flower Ellis - 1840 - 1100 páginas
...law." So in Surtees v. Ellison (b) Lord Tenterden said, ".It has been long established, that, when an act of parliament is repealed, it must be considered...transactions past and closed) as if it had never existed. That is the general rule ; and we must not destroy that, by indulging in conjectures as to the intention... | |
 | Herbert Broom - 1845 - 544 páginas
...a different nature (m). It has been long established, that, when an act of Parlia- Em** of remen t is repealed, it must be considered (except as to transactions past and closed) as if it never had existed (n). And there is a difference to be remarked between temporary statutes and statutes... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1895 - 894 páginas
...Surtees v. Ellison, 9 B. & C. 750-2, Lord Tenderdon said: 'It has been long established, that when an act of parliament is repealed, it must be considered...transactions past and closed) as if it had never existed." To be properly appreciated, the entire opinion of Justice Gray must be read, together with the numerous... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1040 páginas
...its force, on the former act. § 767. Dwarris expresses the result of the cases in this way : " When an act of parliament is repealed, it must be considered — except as to those transactions passed — closed, as if it never existed."(a) The meaning of the exception is illustrated... | |
 | Ireland. Court of King's Bench - 1849 - 678 páginas
...acknowledgment by the defendant that the bond was unpaid. When a a statute (says Dwarris, 2nd vol., p. 676) is repealed, it must be considered (except as to transactions past and closed) as if it had never existed; and the authorities fully bear out the position. Such is the view taken by Tindal, CJ, in Key v. Goodwin;... | |
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On the other hand, the general rule, supported by the best elementary writers, is, that "when an act of the legislature is repealed, it must be considered, except as to transactions past and closed, as if it never existed. 
