ses the body of those principles and rules of action, relating to the govern-ment and security of persons and property, which derive their authority solely from usages and customs of immemorial antiquity, or from the judgments and decrees of the courts recognizlng, affirming, and enforcing snch usages and customs; and, ln this sense, particularly the ancient unwritten law of England, western Unlon Tel. Co. v. Call Pub. CO., 181 U. S. 92, 21 Sup. Ct 561, 45 I* Ed. 765; State v. Buchannn, 5 Har. & J. (Md.) 365, 0 Am. Dec. 534; Lux v. Haggin, 69 Cal. 255, 10 Pac. 674; Barry v. Port Jer-vls, 64 App. Dlv. 268, 72 N. Y. Supp. 104
