| 1885 - 906 σελίδες
...thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by statute is a void contract, although the statute does not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty on the offender. The fixing of a penalty imports a prohibition and makes the prohibited act illegal. Clark v. Protection... | |
| United States. Congress. House - 1274 σελίδες
...to a positive prohibition. For we are told by Lord Holt (Carthew, 252) ' that every contract made/or or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and...statute, is a void contract, though the statute itself does not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty on the offender; because a penalty... | |
| 1887 - 972 σελίδες
...act, this is a prohibition of the act. In Bartlett v. Vino r , Garth. 252, Skin. 322, HOLT, CJ, said: "Every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited or made unlawful by any statute is a void contract, though the statute does not mention that it shall... | |
| 1887 - 1098 σελίδες
...a prohibition of the act. In Bartlett v. Vinor, Garth. 252 ; so, Skin. 322, HOLT, Ch. J., said : " Every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited or made unlawful by any statute is a void contract, though the statute does not mention that it shall... | |
| Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1913 - 690 σελίδες
...defendentis. In Martin v. Hodges, 47 Ark. 378, the court said: "It is a well settled doctrine that 'every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by statute is a void contract, though the statute does not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts... | |
| Frank Frederick Brightly - 1890 - 686 σελίδες
...is made which is prohibited and made unlawful by statute, it is void, though the statute itself does not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty on the offender. But where such a contract is executed or performed, both parties are deemed in part dclicto, and the... | |
| Jabez Gridley Sutherland - 1891 - 836 σελίδες
...such practice, as it disables the person not admitted to recover for services as a surgeon.7 § 336. Every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited or made unla wful by statute is void, though the statute does not mention that it shall be so, but... | |
| Charles Andrew Ray - 1892 - 580 σελίδες
...statute whether the statute contains an express prohibition of an attempt to contravene it or not.' Every contract made for or about any matter or thing...statute, is a void contract, though the statute itself does not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty on the offender, because a penalty... | |
| J. C. Wells, Edward Warren Hines, Frank L. Wells, Horace C. Brannin, William Cromwell, William Jefferson Chinn, Walter G. Chapman, William Pope Duvall Bush, Finlay Ferguson Bush, R. G. Higdon, Thomas Robert.. McBeath - 1893 - 1014 σελίδες
...a penalty, from practicing as surgeon without a license. Eut in Baeltell v. Vinor, Holt, CJ, said: Every contract made for or about any matter or thing...it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty on the defaulter, because a penalty implies a prohibition though there are no prohibiting words in the statute.... | |
| New South Wales. Supreme Court - 1893 - 566 σελίδες
...thing shall not be done." " Every contract," says Lord Chief Justice Holt, in Bartlett v. Vinor (b), " made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited...any statute, is a void contract, though the statute does not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty on the defaulter." There are numerous... | |
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