American Cases on Contract: Arranged in Accordance with the Analysis of Anson on Contract ...Ernest Wilson Huffcut, Edwin Hamlin Woodruff Banks & Brothers, 1894 - 718 pages |
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... affirmed . ( A motion for a reargument of this case was denied April 9 , 1890. ) NOTE . Upon the question whether the acceptance of a guaranty must be express or may be implied from the giving of credit , see Davis v . Wells , 104 U. S. ...
... affirmed . ( A motion for a reargument of this case was denied April 9 , 1890. ) NOTE . Upon the question whether the acceptance of a guaranty must be express or may be implied from the giving of credit , see Davis v . Wells , 104 U. S. ...
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... affirmed . DICKEY , J. , dissented . Judgment affirmed . MINNESOTA OIL CO . v . COLLIER & c . CO . 4 DILLON ( U. S. C. C. ) , 431. - 1876 . Action for oil sold by plaintiff to defendant . Defendant sets up counter - claim for damages ...
... affirmed . DICKEY , J. , dissented . Judgment affirmed . MINNESOTA OIL CO . v . COLLIER & c . CO . 4 DILLON ( U. S. C. C. ) , 431. - 1876 . Action for oil sold by plaintiff to defendant . Defendant sets up counter - claim for damages ...
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... affirmed . b . An offer is made irrevocable by acceptance . COOPER v . LANSING WHEEL COMPANY . 94 MICHIGAN , 272. - 1892 . Assumpsit . Defendant demurred to the declaration and the demurrer was sustained . Plaintiffs bring error ...
... affirmed . b . An offer is made irrevocable by acceptance . COOPER v . LANSING WHEEL COMPANY . 94 MICHIGAN , 272. - 1892 . Assumpsit . Defendant demurred to the declaration and the demurrer was sustained . Plaintiffs bring error ...
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... affirmed . Decree affirmed.1 § 7. An offer need not be made to an ascertained person , but no contract can arise until it has been accepted by an ascertained person . ( i . ) Accidental compliance with terms of offer . FITCH v ...
... affirmed . Decree affirmed.1 § 7. An offer need not be made to an ascertained person , but no contract can arise until it has been accepted by an ascertained person . ( i . ) Accidental compliance with terms of offer . FITCH v ...
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... affirmed . Judgment affirmed.1 DAWKINS v . SAPPINGTON . 26 INDIANA , 199. — 1866 . FRAZER , J. The appellant was the plaintiff below . The com- plaint was in two paragraphs . 1. That a horse of the defendant 1 Accord : Howland v ...
... affirmed . Judgment affirmed.1 DAWKINS v . SAPPINGTON . 26 INDIANA , 199. — 1866 . FRAZER , J. The appellant was the plaintiff below . The com- plaint was in two paragraphs . 1. That a horse of the defendant 1 Accord : Howland v ...
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acceptance accord and satisfaction action affirmed agent agreed agreement alleged amount answer appears appellee applied assent assignment assumpsit authority bill binding bond bound breach charter-party cited claim common law contract court court of equity covenant creditor damages debt debtor decision declaration deed defendant defendant's delivered delivery demurrer discharge doctrine dollars enforced entitled equity evidence executed executor fact given ground held illegal implied indorsed induced instrument intended interest judge judgment jury justice land law merchant letter liability marriage Mass MASSACHUSETTS ment mortgage negotiable non est factum obligation offer opinion paid pari delicto parties payment performance person plaintiff plaintiff in error principle promise to pay promissory note purchase question reason received recover refused representations request reversed rule says seal sell sold statute of frauds stipulation testator tiff tion tract transaction trial valid verdict void wagering writing
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Page 340 - ... 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.
Page 232 - By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband...
Page 123 - ... or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof; unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing and signed by the party to be charged therewith or some other person thereunto...
Page 693 - A contract is a compact between two or more parties, and is either executory or executed. An executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do, or not to do, a particular thing; such was the law under which the conveyance was made by the government.
Page 603 - ... 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.
Page 365 - It must not be forgotten that you are not to extend arbitrarily those rules which say that a given contract is void as being against public policy, because if there is one thing which more than another public policy requires it is that men of full age and competent understanding shall have the utmost liberty of contracting, and that their contracts, when entered into freely and voluntarily, shall be held sacred, and shall be enforced by courts of justice.
Page 633 - Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department...
Page 80 - ... for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not be granted...
Page 332 - It is not easy to define with precision what will in all cases constitute an insurable interest, so as to take the contract out of the class of wager policies. It may be stated generally, however, to be such an interest, arising from the relations of the party obtaining the insurance, either as creditor of or surety for the assured, or from the ties of blood or marriage to him, as will justify a reasonable expectation of advantage or benefit from the continuance of his life.
Page 423 - ... the law operating on the act of the parties creates the duty, establishes a privity, and implies the promise and obligation on which the action is founded.