Atlantic Reporter, Volume 73West Publishing Company, 1909 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... contract to do an im- moral act will render the entire contract void . [ Ed . Note . - For other cases , see Contracts , Cent . Dig . § 705 ; Dec. Dig . § 137. * ] 2. CONTRACTS ( § 136 * ) — ILLEGALITY OF OB- JECT . A contract is void ...
... contract to do an im- moral act will render the entire contract void . [ Ed . Note . - For other cases , see Contracts , Cent . Dig . § 705 ; Dec. Dig . § 137. * ] 2. CONTRACTS ( § 136 * ) — ILLEGALITY OF OB- JECT . A contract is void ...
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... contract by which one party sold another certain premises in the latter's posses- sion , the vendor agreed to build a barn thereon , and the purchaser sold him the lumber therefor . The purchaser claimed that the vendor's con- duct ...
... contract by which one party sold another certain premises in the latter's posses- sion , the vendor agreed to build a barn thereon , and the purchaser sold him the lumber therefor . The purchaser claimed that the vendor's con- duct ...
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... contract for sale . That section authorizes only the recoupment of damages which the defendant may have sustained by reason of any cause of action arising out of the contract or transaction which is the subject of the action . The contract ...
... contract for sale . That section authorizes only the recoupment of damages which the defendant may have sustained by reason of any cause of action arising out of the contract or transaction which is the subject of the action . The contract ...
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... contract , there would have been profit . The court rendered a judgment for the entire contract price , $ 300 . The insistment of the defendant is that the measure of damages in cases of this type is : ( 1 ) Actual reasonable expense in ...
... contract , there would have been profit . The court rendered a judgment for the entire contract price , $ 300 . The insistment of the defendant is that the measure of damages in cases of this type is : ( 1 ) Actual reasonable expense in ...
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... contract for public work , during which time the contractor has incurred expense and obligated himself in pursuance of his con- tract with the city , is estopped from complain- ing . [ Ed . Note . For other cases , see Estoppel , Dec ...
... contract for public work , during which time the contractor has incurred expense and obligated himself in pursuance of his con- tract with the city , is estopped from complain- ing . [ Ed . Note . For other cases , see Estoppel , Dec ...
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Page 80 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence, and affect the community at large.
Page 104 - Every subject of the commonwealth ought to find a certain remedy, by having recourse to the laws for all injuries or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property, or character. He ought to obtain right and justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it; completely, and without any denial; promptly, and without delay; conformably to the laws.
Page 351 - ... together with the appurtenances and all the estate and rights of the party of the first part in and to said premises.
Page 135 - The property of no person shall be taken for public use without just compensation therefor.
Page 383 - Deceased, do make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased...
Page 216 - No suit or action on this policy for the recovery of any claim shall be sustainable in any court of law or equity until after full compliance by the insured with all the foregoing requirements, nor unless commenced within twelve months next after the fire.
Page 416 - It matters not in this case that these plaintiffs in error had built their warehouses and established their business before the regulations complained of were adopted. What they did was from the beginning subject to the power of the body politic to require them to conform to such regulations as might be established by the proper authorities for the common good.
Page 156 - This company shall not be liable for loss caused directly or indirectly by invasion, insurrection, riot, civil war or commotion, or military or usurped power, or by order of any civil authority ; or by theft ; or by neglect of the insured to use all reasonable means to save and preserve the property at and after a fire, or when the property is endangered by fire in neighboring premises...
Page 80 - Constitution protects, we find that when private property is "affected with a public interest, it ceases to be juris privati only.
Page 67 - ... such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally, ie according to the usual course of things from such breach of contract itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties at the time they made the contract, as the probable result of the breach of it.