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... The Palo Alto , 2 Ware , 343. Insanity avoids a promise to marry . Cannon v . Smalley , L. R. 10 P. D. SO . ance until a certain time.12 The reason for this rule REVOCATION OF OFFER 39 Death of Either Party PAGE Revocation of Offer.
... The Palo Alto , 2 Ware , 343. Insanity avoids a promise to marry . Cannon v . Smalley , L. R. 10 P. D. SO . ance until a certain time.12 The reason for this rule REVOCATION OF OFFER 39 Death of Either Party PAGE Revocation of Offer.
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... avoid dispute it would deliver tons of 2,240 lbs . 2 Sturtevant Co. v . Dugan , 106 Md . 587 . 3 Gentry Co. v . Margolino Co. , 110 Tenn . 669 . 4 115 U. S. 29 . Wheeler answered that he did not recognize the existence of ABSOLUTE ...
... avoid dispute it would deliver tons of 2,240 lbs . 2 Sturtevant Co. v . Dugan , 106 Md . 587 . 3 Gentry Co. v . Margolino Co. , 110 Tenn . 669 . 4 115 U. S. 29 . Wheeler answered that he did not recognize the existence of ABSOLUTE ...
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... avoid liability upon his promise on the ground that the thing done by the other party , who relied upon it , was of no benefit to him . Very frequently the performance of a contract confers no benefit on the promisor , but has caused ...
... avoid liability upon his promise on the ground that the thing done by the other party , who relied upon it , was of no benefit to him . Very frequently the performance of a contract confers no benefit on the promisor , but has caused ...
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... avoid the annoyance of having him die in your house . The law does not concern itself with your motive . The consideration for your promise to pay the physician is that he attended your servant at your request . Sometimes the law ...
... avoid the annoyance of having him die in your house . The law does not concern itself with your motive . The consideration for your promise to pay the physician is that he attended your servant at your request . Sometimes the law ...
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... avoid it.1 $ 36 . 17 Forbearance to Sue - Compromises . If a party prom- ises to forbear from instituting a suit , either altogether or for a time , or agrees to compromise a suit , the question whether such promise or forbearance is a ...
... avoid it.1 $ 36 . 17 Forbearance to Sue - Compromises . If a party prom- ises to forbear from instituting a suit , either altogether or for a time , or agrees to compromise a suit , the question whether such promise or forbearance is a ...
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acceptance accord and satisfaction agreed agreement amount ance assignment Assn Balto Bank benefit binding bound BRANTLY breach buyer charter party Clark Coal condition consent consideration Court Court of Equity create creditor damages debt debtor defendant delivered delivery discharge duress effect enforce entitled to recover equity executed existence fact failure figures refer fraud Gill give held illegal implied impossibility intended land letter liability liquidated damages Mass ment Minn mistake obligation offer offeree offeror option paid pari delicto payment plaintiff promise to pay promisor promissory note purchase reason refer to pages refused rendered rescind the contract rescission right of action rule says seal sell seller Smith sold specific performance statement statute Statute of Frauds stipulated subsequent telegram thing third party third person tion tract unilateral contract unless valid vendor void voidable warranty
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Page 143 - ... be actually made, procured, or provided, or fit or ready for delivery, or some act may be requisite for the making or completing thereof, or rendering the same fit for delivery...
Page 237 - We do not see how a better test can be applied to the question whether reasonable or not, than by considering whether the restraint is such only as to afford a fair protection to the interests of the party in favor of whom it is given, and not so large as to interfere with the interests of the public.
Page 128 - No action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator, upon any special promise, to answer damages out of his own estate...
Page 242 - For no country ever takes notice of the revenue laws of another. " <The objection, that a contract is immoral or illegal as between plaintiff and defendant, sounds at all times very ill in the mouth of the defendant. It is not for his sake, however, that the objection is ever allowed; but it is founded in general principles of policy, which the defendant has the advantage of, contrary to the real justice, as between him and the plaintiff, by accident, if I may so say. The principle of public policy...
Page 84 - A valuable consideration, in the sense of the law, may consist either in some right, interest, profit, or benefit accruing to the one party, or some forbearance, detriment, loss or responsibility given, suffered, or undertaken by the other.
Page 457 - ... 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 285 - ... as by the known usage of trade or the like, acquired a peculiar sense distinct from the popular sense of the same words...
Page 46 - A proposal to accept, or an acceptance, upon terms varying from those offered, is a rejection of the offer, and puts an end to the negotiation, unless the party who made the original offer renews it, or assents to the modification suggested.
Page 421 - There seems no doubt that where there is a positive contract to do a thing, not in itself unlawful, the contractor must perform it or pay damages for not doing it, although in consequence of unforeseen accidents, the performance of his contract has become unexpectedly burdensome or even impossible.
Page 142 - ... sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the contract, or in part payment, or unless some note or memorandum in writing of the contract or sale be signed by the party to be charged or his agent in that behalf.