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William Henry Maule
9 quotes
“Nominal damages are in effect, only a peg to hang costs on.”
William Henry Maule (1788–1858) first seen 1846 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Beaumont v. Greathead (1846), 3 D. & L. 636.
“There is no presumption in this country that every person knows the law: it would be contrary to common sense and reason if it were so.”
William Henry Maule (1788–1858) first seen 1846 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Martindale v. Falkner (1846), 2 C. B. 720, and characterised by Blackburn, J., in The Queen v. Mayor of Tewkesbury, L. R. 3 Q. B. 629.
“Common sense still lingers in Westminster Hall.”
William Henry Maule (1788–1858) first seen 1851 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Crosse v. Seaman (1851), 11 C. B. 525.
“In the eye of the law no doubt, man and wife are for many purposes one: but that is a strong figurative expression, and cannot be so dealt with as that all the consequences must follow which would result from its being literally true.”
William Henry Maule (1788–1858) first seen 1853 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Wenman v. Ash (1853), C. B. 844.
“As the crow flies"—a popular and picturesque expression to denote a straight line.”
William Henry Maule (1788–1858) first seen 1854 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Stokes v. Grissell (1854), 23 L. J. Rep. Part 7 (N. S.), Com. PL 144.
“After a hard frost a man might wake in the morning and find he was breaking a covenant.”
William Henry Maule (1788–1858) first seen 1854 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Stokes v. Grissell (1854), 2 W. R. 466.
“If a man go into the London Docks sober without means of getting drunk, and comes out of one of the cellars very drunk wherein are a million gallons of wine, I think that would be reasonable evidence that he had stolen some of the wine in that cellar, though you could not prove that any wine was stolen, or any wine was missed.”
William Henry Maule (1788–1858) first seen 1854 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reg. v. Burton (1854), Dearsly's C. C. 284.
“An enactment for the favour and liberty of the subject ought to have a liberal construction.”
William Henry Maule (1788–1858) first seen 1854 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Johnson v. Harris (1854), 3 W.R. 104.
“Fictions of law must be consistent with justice.”
William Henry Maule (1788–1858) first seen 1852 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Whitaker v. Wisbey (1852), 6 Cox, C. C. 111.