 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1913 - 804 pages
...bound by mere forms, nor are they to be misled by mere pretenses. They are at liberty — indeed they are under a solemn duty — to look at the substance...they enter upon the inquiry whether the legislature had transcended the limits of its authority. If, therefore, a statute purporting to have been enacted... | |
 | United States. Court of Claims, Audrey Bernhardt - 1952 - 936 pages
...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...public safety, has no real or substantial relation Opinion of the Court to those objects, or is a palpable invasion of rights secured by the fundamental... | |
 | 1889 - 546 pages
...not bound by mere form, nor are they to be misled by mere pretenses. They arc at liberty — indeed are under a solemn duty — to look at the substance...the Legislature has transcended the limits of its anthority. If therefore a statute purporting to have been enacted to protect the public health, the... | |
 | 1892 - 582 pages
...government, or violate rights secured by the Constitntion of the United States. * * * If a statnte purporting to have been enacted to protect the public health, the public morals or the public safety * * * is a palpable invasion of rights secured by the fundamental law, it is the dnty of the courts... | |
 | R. H. Andrews - 1899 - 422 pages
...person within its jurisdiction. " Again, in Maybury vs. Madison (Cranch, '37, 167) the Court said: "If, therefore, a statute purporting to have been...health, the public morals or the public safety has no substantial relations to these effects, or is a palpable invasion of rights secured by the fundamental... | |
 | 1889 - 1878 pages
...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...health, the public morals, or the public safety has no roal or substantial relation to those objects, or is a palpable invasion of rights secured by the fundamental... | |
 | 1888 - 1462 pages
...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...they enter upon the inquiry whether the legislature lias transcended the limits of its authority. If, therefore, a statute purporting to have been enacted... | |
 | 1888 - 1450 pages
...prohibition upon state laws impairing the obligation of contracts does not restrict the power of the state to protect the public health, the public morals, or the public safety, as the one or the other may be involved in the execution of such contracts. Rights and privileges arising... | |
 | 1892 - 1150 pages
...not bound by niereformn, nor are they to be misled by mere preteneee. They are at liberty — indeed, are under a solemn duty — to look at the substance...inquiry whether the legislature has transcended the limitsof itsauthority. If. therefore, a statute purporting to have been enacted to protect the public... | |
 | 1918 - 1218 pages
...police power, but it may be said the questions propounded to the courts are: Does the statute purport to have been enacted to protect the public health, the public morals, or the public safety? Has it a real and substantial relation to those objects, or is it. upon the other hand, a palpable invasion... | |
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If, therefore, a statute purporting to have been enacted to protect the public health, the public morals, or the public safety has no roal or substantial relation to those objects, or is a palpable invasion of rights secured by the fundamental law, it... 
