private acts
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From 29 U.S. 152 - John Beaty v. The Lessee of a Knowler · 1830Most cited · 28 citing opinions
[The argument is] that this law... is a private act, not designed for public purposes, and consequently cannot affect the rights of any individual who did not assent to its provisions. That the provision declaring it to be a public act, does not alter the principle; for the rights derived from a private act cannot be conclusive without consent.