The act of a single Judge, unless adopted by the Court to which he…

When Courts adopt a fiction they must necessarily support it.

No man can come into a British Court of justice to seek the assistance of the law who founds his claim upon a contravention of the British laws.

Amendments ought not to be made, except in cases where the alteration is of such a nature as that no one can be misled by it.

In matters where a company is not restrained by Parliament they have a right to make reasonable regulations; but it will always be a question whether their regulations are reasonable or not.

Inconvenience arising from the operation of an Act of Parliament can be no ground of argument in a Court of law.

It is true that Courts of equity, in administering justice, sometimes go further than the Courts of law.