 | 1899 - 1240 páginas
...fine Imposed for its nonperformance Is as useful to the city as a tax of equal amount, "Courts nre not bound by mere forms, nor are they to be misled...legislature has transcended the limits of Its authority." Mugler v. Kansas, 123 US (J23. 8 Sup. Ct. 273. "In whatever language a statute may be framed, its purpose... | |
 | State Bar Association of Wisconsin - 1912 - 468 páginas
...further it in any way. Referring to such devices as this, the Supreme Court of the L T nited States says: "Courts are not bound by mere forms, nor are they to be misled by mere pretenses. They are at liberty—indeed, are under a sound duty—to look at the substance of things, whenever they enter... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1926 - 1246 páginas
...when determining whether a statute is consistent with the fundamental law, must not deem themselves "bound by mere forms, nor are they to be misled by...pretenses. They are at liberty — indeed, are under ь solemn duty — to loïk at the substance of things, whenever they enter upon the in quiry whether... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1918 - 1592 páginas
...v. Hopkins. 118 US 356, 30 L. ed. 220, 6 Sup. Ct. Rep. 1064. The courts are not bound by mere form, nor are they to be misled by mere pretenses ; they are at liberty, indeed are under the solemn duty, to look at the »ubstance of things whenever they enter upon the inquiry whether the... | |
 | 1892 - 272 páginas
...by Mr. Justice Harlan,' which, had the court adhered to it, would not have necessitated a return. " The courts are not bound by mere forms, nor are they to be misled by mere pretences. They are at liberty — indeed are under a solemn duty — to look at the substance of things,... | |
 | Texas. Court of Criminal Appeals - 1916 - 788 páginas
...persons on whom they are imposed, and if acts prohibited and acts allowed are of equal obligation.' The courts are not bound by mere forms, nor are they...liberty — indeed, are under a solemn duty — to lock at the substance of tin'ngs, whenever they enter upon the inquiry whether the Legislature has... | |
 | 1922 - 940 páginas
...considering the particular enactment the fact that it purports to be a revenue measure is not conclusive. "The courts are not bound by mere forms, nor are they...pretenses. They are at liberty — indeed, are under the solemn duty — to look at the substance of things whenever they enter upon the inquiry whether... | |
 | 1923 - 938 páginas
...purporting to be a revenue measure is, in fact, an unlawful attempt to exercise a forbidden police power, "courts are not bound by mere forms, nor are they...pretenses. They are at liberty, indeed, are under the solemn duty to look at the substance of things whenever they enter upon the inquiry whether the... | |
 | Colorado Bar Association - 1924 - 462 páginas
...effect of the statute to discern its purpose. In Mugler v. Kansas (123 US 623), Justice Harlan said: The courts are not bound by mere forms nor are they to be misled by mere pretenses. They are at liberty—indeed are under a solemn duty, to look at the substance of things, whenever they enter upon... | |
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The courts are not bound by mere forms, nor are they to be misled by mere pretenses. They are at liberty — indeed, are under a solemn duty to look at the substance of things, whenever they enter upon the inquiry whether the legislature has transcended... 
