 Twelve men of the average of the community, comprising men of education and men of little education, men of learning and men whose learning consists only in what they have themselves seen and heard, the merchant, the mechanic, the farmer, the laborer;...  The Chicago Law Times - Page 431889Full view - About this book
 | 1874 - 626 pages
...what they have themselves seen and heard, the merchant, the mechanic, the farmer, the laborer, these sit together, consult, apply their separate experience...the affairs of life, to the facts proven, and draw an unanimous conclusion. This average judgment thus given, it is the great effort of the law to obtain.... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - 1884 - 550 pages
...what they have themselves seen and heard, the merchant the mechanic, the farmer, the laborer — these sit together, consult, apply their separate experience of the affairs of life to the facts proved, and draw a unanimous conclusion. This average judgment thus given it is the great effort of... | |
 | Nevada. Supreme Court - 1879 - 592 pages
...what they have themselves seen and heard, the merchant, the mechanic, the farmer, the laborer; these sit together, consult, apply their separate experience...know more of the common affairs of life than does one VOL. XIII.— 9. Opinion of the Court — Ha-wley, CJ man; that they can draw wiser and safer conclusions... | |
 | 1919 - 2038 pages
...they have themselves seen and heard, the merchant, the mechanic, the farmer, the laborer — these sit together, consult, apply their separate experience...twelve men know more of the common affairs of life thap does one man; that they can draw wiser and safer conclusions from admitted facts thus occurring... | |
 | Tennessee Bar Association - 1889 - 1162 pages
...education and men of little education— the merchant, ttie mechanic, the farmer, the laborer — these sit together, consult, apply their separate experience...given, it is the great effort of the law to obtain." This is the rule even in the Federal courts. The legislation recommended, it seems to me, would extend... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1883 - 876 pages
...the mechanic, the fnrmer, the laborer ; these sit together, consult, apply their separate experiences of the affairs of life to the facts proven, and draw...conclusion. This average judgment thus given, it is the final effort of the law to obtain. Per Hunt, J., in 1 7 Wall. 663. Although the facts arc undisputed,... | |
 | 1884 - 1006 pages
...they have themselves seen and heard — the merchant, the mechanic, the farmer, the laborer — these sit together, consult, apply their separate experience...draw a unanimous conclusion. This average judgment there given, it is the great effort of the law to obtain. It is assumed that twelve men know more of... | |
 | 1884 - 948 pages
...they have themselves seen and heard ; the merchant, the mechanic, the farmer, the laborer, — these sit together, consult, apply their separate experience...the affairs of life to the facts proven, and draw an unanimous conclusion. This average judgment thus given, it is the great effort of the law to obtain.... | |
 | 1918 - 1210 pages
...composed of the average men of the community sit together, consult, apply their separate experiences of life to the facts proven, and draw a unanimous conclusion. This average judgment thus given is the great effort of the law to obtain. It Is assumed that 12 men know more of the common affairs... | |
 | 1891 - 1148 pages
...their separate experiences of the affairs of life to the facts proven, and drawaunanimousconclusion. This average judgment thus given it is the great effort...life than does one man ; that they can draw wiser conclusions from admitted facts thus occurring than a single judge. ч In the case of Railway Co. v.... | |
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