 | Theophilus Parsons - 1893 - 928 σελίδες
...Hull, CJ, here said : " Kvery contract made for or aliont any matter or thing which is prohibited or made unlawful by any 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... | |
 | Sir Hari Singh Gour - 1901 - 1244 σελίδες
...words, such transactions are in the eye of the law absolutely void. " Every contract," said Holt, CJ, "made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by statute, is a void contract." * But that does not mean that the Court can be moved to cancel or set... | |
 | 1901 - 914 σελίδες
...made to evade or circumvent the law. In Bartlett v. Vinor, Carth. 252; Id., 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... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1903 - 996 σελίδες
...legal action for an illegal act. In Bartlett \. Vinor, Carth., 251, Chief Justice Holt says, — "Any contract made for or about any matter or thing which...itself doth not mention that it shall be so, but only indict a penalty on the defaulter, because a penalty implies a prohibition, though there are no prohibitory... | |
 | 1903 - 1262 σελίδες
...More than two centuries ago, Lord Holt said. In the leading case of Bartlett v. Vinor, Garth. 252: "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." In Cope v. Rowlands, 2 Mees. & W. 157, Baron Parke observes:... | |
 | Gawayne Baldwin Hamilton - 1904 - 350 σελίδες
...and was sued on the agreement, but it was held that it could not be enforced in this country (c). " Every contract made for or about any matter or thing...the statute itself doth not mention that it shall be BO, but only inflicts a penalty on the defaulter, because a penalty implies a prohibition, though there... | |
 | 1904 - 746 σελίδες
...violation, of such a statute. This being premised, it is next asserted, in the words of Lord Holt, "that every contract made for or about any matter or thing,...is prohibited and made unlawful by any statute, is void, though the statute do not expressly declare it so, but .only inflicts a penalty on the offender;... | |
 | Jabez Gridley Sutherland - 1904 - 832 σελίδες
...practice, as it disables the person not admitted to recover for services as a surgeon.8 § 503 (336). Every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited or made unlawful by statute is void, though the statute does not mention that it shall be so, but only... | |
 | Tennessee. Court of Chancery Appeals - 1905 - 826 σελίδες
...that the complainant himself took and received these notes as agent for Smith. It is well settled that every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited or made unlawful by the statute, is void though the statute does not mention that it shall be so, but... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1907 - 1142 σελίδες
...for doing the act; but in Bartlett v. Vinor (Carth. 252; Chitty on Contracts, 230), Lord Holt said:' 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 defaulter; because, a penalty... | |
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Every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by any 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... 
