. History of Pike county, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws .. . iW. (V^ <^^ fe^^^^^^<^ HADLEY Tf i DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. LAWS. The courts recognize two kinds of law, Statute and law is that which is enacted by the Legislature. Comnioulaw consists of all the law of England,—whether Statute, or Com-mon, which was in force in that country at the time of our
. History of Pike county, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws .. . iW. (V^ <^^ fe^^^^^^<^ HADLEY Tf i DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. LAWS. The courts recognize two kinds of law, Statute and law is that which is enacted by the Legislature. Comnioulaw consists of all the law of England,—whether Statute, or Com-mon, which was in force in that country at the time of our inde-pendence, and recognized by our courts, and which has not sincebeen repealed or disused. We have what is called established law. For this branch ofcommon law there is no authority excepting the decisions of thecourts; hence the value of the re])orted decisions which are pub-lished by official reporters. The law presumes tliat every body isacquainted with it. Mistakes of fact can be corrected l)y the courts,but not mistakes of law, no man being permitted to take advantageof a mistake of tlie law, either to enforce a right, or avoid an obli-gation ; for it would be dangerous and unwise to encourage igno-rance of the law, by permitting a party to ])rofit, or to escape, by hisi
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