 That 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 doth not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty on the offender, because a penalty...  Opinions of Attorneys General - Página 1401851Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Henry Campbell Black - 1911 - 776 páginas
...consideration, by the statutory illegality, and will not be enforced by the courts." "Every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by any " Johnston v. City of Louisville. 11 Bush (Ky.) 527. See "Statutes," Dec. Dig. (Key No.) § 185; Cent.... | |
 | George Louis Reinhard - 1911 - 852 páginas
...which is prohibited and made unlawful by statute it is void, though the statute itself does not declare it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty on the offender. Columbia Bridge Co. v. Halderman, 7 Watts & Serg. 233. Nor is there any distinction in this state,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1912 - 1054 páginas
...thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by statute is a void contract, though the statute does nut mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty on the offender, because tke penalty implies a prohibition, though there are no prohibitory words in the statute." 1 Sm. Lead.... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1912 - 1054 páginas
...Bing. 110, the principle is distinctly stated and is now well established 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... | |
 | 1913 - 854 páginas
...Jonesboro, Lake City & Eastern Express Co "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... | |
 | 1915 - 1062 páginas
...dollars." In Bohn v. Lowery, 77 Miss. 427, 27 South. 605, this rule is approved: "Every contract made for; or about, any matter or thing which is prohibited...it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty on the defaulter, because a penalty implies a prohibition, though there are no prohibitory words in the statute."... | |
 | William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich - 1915 - 1240 páginas
...of Lord Holt. The rule, as stated in the early decisions, is that every contract made by or about a matter or thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by any statute, is a void contract, though the statute1 itself doth not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty on the offender,... | |
 | 1918 - 1268 páginas
...penalized act is void ; in accordance with the view of Lord Holt in an old case: 'Every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and...statute, is a void contract, though the statute itself doth not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty on the offender because a penalty... | |
 | John Davison Lawson - 1923 - 806 páginas
...the opinion of Lord Holt, in an old case, that "Every contract made for or about any matter or thinf which is prohibited and made unlawful by any statute, is a void contract, though the statute itself doth not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty on the offender, be cause a penalty... | |
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