 | New York (State). Court of Appeals, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Erasmus Peshine Smith, Joel Tiffany, Edward Jordan Dimock, Samuel Hand, Hiram Edward Sickels, Louis J. Rezzemini, Edmund Hamilton Smith, Edwin Augustus Bedell, Alvah S. Newcomb, James Newton Fiero - 1867 - 664 páginas
...is, as stated by MABCT, J., in The People v. Allen (6 Wend, 486), that " where a statute specifies a time within which a public officer is to perform an...will be considered as directory merely, unless the nature of the act to be performed, or the language used by the legislature, show that the designation... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1864 - 604 páginas
...day of June ? The court in the decision of this question laid down the general rule to be, that when a statute specifies the time within which a public...duties of others, it will be considered as directory, unless the nature of the act to be performed, or the language used by the legislature, show that the... | |
 | Henry Jacob Labatt - 1861 - 486 páginas
...on or before the first Monday of May is directory. And generally, when a time is fixed by statute, within which a public officer is to perform an official...rights and duties of others, it will be considered directory unless the nature of the act to be performed, or the language of the legislature, shows that... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1913 - 712 páginas
...— when statute specifying time for performing official act is directory, only. A statute specifying the time within which a public officer is to perform...official act regarding the rights and duties of others will be regarded as directory, merely, unless the nature of the act to be performed or the language... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1850 - 744 páginas
...proceedings themselves, unless so expressed. Holland vs. Osgood, 8 Vermont, 280. A statute specifying a time within which a public officer is to perform an...official act, regarding the rights and duties of others, is directory, unless the nature of the act to be performed, or the phraseology of the statute, is such... | |
 | 1863 - 830 páginas
...different intent. So, also, in People vs. Allen, 6 Wendell 486. A statute which requires a public officer to perform an official act regarding the rights and duties of others, is directory merely, unless the nature of the act to be performed, or the language used by the Legislature,... | |
 | 1863 - 832 páginas
...different intent. So, also, in People vs. Allen, 6 Wendell 486. A statute which requires a public officer to perform an official act regarding the rights and duties of others, is directory merely, unless the nature of the act to be performed, or the language used by the Legislature,... | |
 | Robert S. Blackwell - 1864 - 724 páginas
...contained in the proviso to a statute, is a negation thereof. 2 Barr, 218. 143. Where a statute specifies a time within which a public officer is to' perform an official act regarding private rights, it is merely directory as to the time within which the act is to be done, unless, from... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1868 - 624 páginas
...Allen, 6 Wend. 486, the court, as we think, correctly laid down the general rule to be, that where the statute specifies the time within which a public officer...duties of others, it will be considered as directory, unless the nature of the act to be performed, or the language used by the legislature, shows that the... | |
 | Robert S. Blackwell - 1869 - 740 páginas
...contained in the proviso to a statute, is a negation thereof. 2 Barr, 218. 143. Where a statute specifies a time within which a public officer is to perform an official act regarding private rights, it is merely directory as to the time within which the act is to be done, unless, from... | |
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MARCY, delivering the opinion of the court, said: '-The general rule is, that where a statute specifies the time within which a public officer is to perform an official act regarding the rights and duties of others, it will be considered as directory... 
