Federal Decisions: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme, Circuit and District Courts of the United States, Τόμος 8Gilbert Book Company, 1885 |
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... necessary to state the facts apart from the opinion , the statement is made as brief as possible , and is confined to the facts necessary to enable the reader to understand the points decided . The cases are also divided into convenient ...
... necessary to state the facts apart from the opinion , the statement is made as brief as possible , and is confined to the facts necessary to enable the reader to understand the points decided . The cases are also divided into convenient ...
Σελίδα 21
... necessary . The afterthought of Hall , Patterson & Co. , when the loss occurred , came too late , and cannot avail them . Adams v . Jones , 12 Pet . , 207 ( § 214 , infra ) ; McCollum v . Cushing , 22 Ark . , 540 ; White v . Corlies ...
... necessary . The afterthought of Hall , Patterson & Co. , when the loss occurred , came too late , and cannot avail them . Adams v . Jones , 12 Pet . , 207 ( § 214 , infra ) ; McCollum v . Cushing , 22 Ark . , 540 ; White v . Corlies ...
Σελίδα 36
... necessary to fasten the agreement upon Lapsley . For this purpose , he very rationally ad- dressed himself , in the first place , to M'Coun ; and the reference to Lapsley's letter would have been a sufficient excuse for not returning an ...
... necessary to fasten the agreement upon Lapsley . For this purpose , he very rationally ad- dressed himself , in the first place , to M'Coun ; and the reference to Lapsley's letter would have been a sufficient excuse for not returning an ...
Σελίδα 61
... necessary to carry into effect the opinion of this court . § 175. Letter of offer , of acceptance , and of retraction of offer . When a proposition is made in writing and sent by post , the person making the offer can retract or modify ...
... necessary to carry into effect the opinion of this court . § 175. Letter of offer , of acceptance , and of retraction of offer . When a proposition is made in writing and sent by post , the person making the offer can retract or modify ...
Σελίδα 63
... necessary to convert the offer of one party into a binding contract by the acceptance of the other is established , if such acceptance is within a reasonable time after the offer was received . The better opinion is , that what is , or ...
... necessary to convert the offer of one party into a binding contract by the acceptance of the other is established , if such acceptance is within a reasonable time after the offer was received . The better opinion is , that what is , or ...
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acceptance action advances agent agreed agreement alleged amount assignment assumpsit authority bank bill bill of lading bonds bound breach cent charge Circuit Court circumstances claim complainant condition consideration construction contract corporation court of equity covenant damages debt declaration decree deed defendant delivered delivery enforced entered entitled equity error evidence executed furnish given guarantor guaranty held illegal indorsed instruction instrument intention interest judgment jury justice land letter of credit lex fori lex loci contractus liability Mauran ment mortgage notice objection obligation offer opinion paid parol parties payment person plaintiff plaintiff in error principle promise Pullman Company purchase question railroad company reason received recover refused rendered rule sell sold specific performance STATEMENT OF FACTS statute of frauds steamboat stipulation suit thereof tion tract transaction usury valid void York
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Σελίδα 143 - The shareholders or stockholders of every banking or insurance corporation or association shall be held individually responsible, equally and ratably, and not one for another, for all contracts, debts, and engagements of such corporation or association, to the extent of the amount of their stock therein, at the par value thereof, in addition to the amount invested in such shares or stock.
Σελίδα 67 - The promise thus made was a promise " to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person who is himself, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance.
Σελίδα 223 - States are plaintiffs, or petitioners; or an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the state where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state.
Σελίδα 571 - ... when the party by his own contract creates a duty or charge upon himself, he is bound to make it good, if he may, notwithstanding any accident by inevitable necessity, because he might have provided against it by his contract.
Σελίδα 507 - ' the laws which subsist at the time and place of the making of a contract, and where it is to be performed, enter into and form a part of it. as if they were expressly referred to or incorporated in its terms.
Σελίδα 195 - Whenever the illegality appears, whether the evidence comes from one side or the other, the disclosure is fatal to the case. No consent of the defendant can neutralize its effect A stipulation in the most solemn form to waive the objection, would be tainted with the vice of the original contract, and void for the same reasons.
Σελίδα 486 - Marriages between parents and children, including grand-parents and grand-children of every degree, between brothers and sisters of the half as well as of the whole blood, and between uncles and nieces, aunts and nephews, are declared to be incestuous and absolutely void.
Σελίδα 312 - And be it enacted, that all contracts or agreements, whether by parol or in writing, by way of gaming or wagering, shall be null and void ; and that no suit shall be brought or maintained in any Court of law or equity for recovering any sum of money or valuable thing alleged to be won upon any wager, or which shall have been deposited in the hands of any person to abide the event on which any wager shall have been made...
Σελίδα 137 - according to which the jury ought to find." And the Court, in that case, adds: "and here there is a clear rule, that the amount which would have been received if the contract had been kept is the measure of damages if the contract is broken.
Σελίδα 219 - ... absolutely null and void, unless they are freely made and executed in the presence of at least two attesting witnesses, after the allowance of such a claim, the ascertainment of the amount due, and the issuing of a warrant for the payment thereof.