 | Rhode Island. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 950 pages
...law of this Newport County. Opinion of the Court. country, there the court says he has no right to be assisted. It is upon that ground the court goes ; not for the sake of the defendant, but because they will not lend their aid to such a plaintiff. So if the plaintiff and defendant were... | |
 | Oklahoma. Supreme Court, Edward Bell Green, Frank Dale, John Henry Burford, Robert Lee Williams, Matthew John Kane, Howard J. Parker, Charles Winfield Van Eaton - Law reports, digests, etc - 1921 - 712 pages
...a positive law of the c-ountry, state or federal, there the court should say he has no right to be assisted. It is upon that ground the court goes ; not for the sake of the defendant, but because it will not lend its aid to such a plaintiff. It would be a travesty upon the law for the... | |
 | 1933 - 1632 pages
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If, from the plaintiff's own stating or otherwise, the cause of action appears to arise ex turpi causa or the transgression of a positive law of this country, there the Court says he has no right to be assisted. It is upon that ground the Court goes;... 
