The Commonwealth Law Reports: Cases Determined in the High Court of Australia, Volume 16Law Book Company of Australasia Limited, 1913 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 397 - We think that the true rule of law is, that the person who for his own purposes brings on his lands and collects and keeps there, anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril, and, if he does not do so is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape.
Page 679 - This Act, and all laws made by the parliament of the commonwealth under the constitution, shall be binding on the courts, judges, and people of every state and of every part of the commonwealth, notwithstanding anything in the laws of any state; and...
Page 132 - Act, 1918, there is a restriction providing that in computing the amount of the profits or gains to be charged, no sum shall be deducted in respect of " any disbursements or expenses not being money wholly and exclusively laid out or expended for the purposes of the trade, profession, employment, or vocation.
Page 267 - Any referee, arbitrator, or umpire may, at any stage of the proceedings under a reference, and shall, if so directed by the Court or a judge, state in the form of a special case for the opinion of the Court any question of law arising in the course of the reference.
Page 537 - ... 1. Any agreement between members of a trade union as such, concerning the conditions on which any members for the time being of such trade union shall or shall not sell their goods, transact business, employ, or be employed: 2.
Page 401 - It is not every use to which land is put that brings into play that principle. It must be some special use bringing with it increased danger to others, and must not merely be the ordinary use of the land or such a use as is proper for the general benefit of the community.
Page 333 - It is a general rule of public law, recognized and acted upon by the United States, that whenever political jurisdiction and legislative power over any territory are transferred from one nation or sovereign to another, the municipal laws of the country, that is, laws which are intended for the protection of private rights, continue in force until abrogated or changed by the new government or sovereign.
Page 120 - ... money wholly and exclusively laid out or expended for the purposes of such trade...
Page 304 - No action or proceeding shall be open to objection on the ground that a merely declaratory judgment or order is sought thereby, and the court may make binding declarations of right whether any consequential relief is or could be claimed or not.
Page 117 - On the imposition of uniform duties of customs, trade, commerce, and intercourse among the States, whether by means of internal carriage or ocean navigation, shall be absolutely free.