 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
 | 1846 - 518 páginas
...quoted by Lord Cottenham in Ewing v. Osbaldiston 1, was relied upon, viz. that every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and...penalty on the offender : because a penalty implies a ; 2 Myl. & Cr. 85. Q 2 prohibition, though there are no prohibitory words in the statute. The Vice-Chancellor... | |
 | 1846 - 520 páginas
...quoted by Lord Cottenham in Ewing v. Osbaldiston', was relied upon, viz. that every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and...penalty on the offender: because a penalty implies a ' 2 Myl. & Cr. 85. Q 2 prohibition, though there are no prohibitory words in the statute. The Vice-Chancellor... | |
 | Samuel Owen - 1846 - 494 páginas
...a thing which is prohibited or made unlawful by statute, it is a void contract, though the statute does not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty upon the offender; because a penalty implies a prohibition, though there were no prohibitory words... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - 1887 - 562 páginas
...void. But in the more recent case of Bartlett vs. Vinor, Holt, CJ, held, that every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and...contract, though the statute itself does not mention it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty; because a penalty implies a prohibition, though there... | |
 | John William Smith - 1847 - 438 páginas
...always referred to as a standard authority on this subject, the LCJ HOLT says, " 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... | |
 | William Paley - 1847 - 732 páginas
...very clearly expressed by Holt, CJ, in Bartlett v. Viner, Carth. 252 — ' 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... | |
 | Edmund Chisholm-Batten - 1849 - 472 páginas
...Ellenborough in Langton v. Hughes (/). In Bartlett v. Vinor, Lord Holt says, ' Every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and...penalty implies a prohibition, though there are no prohibitory words in the statute.' In Langton v. Hughes, Lord Ellenborough says, 'What is done in contravention... | |
 | 1849 - 734 páginas
...contract, but then it is a general rule that every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is made unlawful by any statute, is a void contract, though the statute itself is silent as to this, and merely inflicts a penalty ; because a penalty implies a prohibition, though... | |
 | Charles Greenstreet Addison - 1849 - 686 páginas
...SECTION II. CONTRACTS PROHIBITED AND RENDERED INVALID BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. " 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... | |
 | Henry Keyser - 1850 - 384 páginas
...illegality was thus clearly laid down by Holt, CJ, in Bartlett v. Vinor b :— " 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... | |
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