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" The test," says Judge Duncan in Swan v. Scott, 11 Serg. & R. 164, "whether a demand connected with an illegal transaction is capable of being enforced at law, is whether the plaintiff requires the aid of the illegal transaction to establish his case. "
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama - Page 206
by Alabama. Supreme Court, George Noble Stewart - 1832
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The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General ..., Volume 52

Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 926 pages
...cause "f action upon. It is said in the brief of counsel for plaintiff in error, defendant itelow, that •' the test, whether a demand connected with...an illegal transaction is capable of being enforced by law, is whether the plaintiff requires the aid of the illegal transaction to establish his VOL....
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Luzerne Legal Register Reports, Volume 3

George Brubaker Kulp, Joseph D. Coons, Wesley E. Woodruff - Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 576 pages
...22, 1874, in reference to foreign corporations. In Holt v. Green, 23 PFS 200, our Supreme Court say " the test whether a demand connected with an illegal transaction is capable of being enforced by law, is, whether the plaintiff requires the aid of the illegal transaction to establish his case....
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The Southwestern Reporter, Volume 10

Law reports, digests, etc - 1889 - 1028 pages
..."It has been observed that the test whether a demand connected with an illegal act can be enforced is whether the plaintiff requires .any aid from the illegal transaction to estabish his case." Gilliam v. Brotan, 43 Miss. 641, citing Simpson v. Blosn, 7 Taunt. 246; Roby v....
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A Selection of Leading Cases on Various Branches of the Law: With ..., Volume 1

John William Smith - Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 846 pages
...affirmative answer to the question, is the encouragement of this class of contracts against public policy ? " The test whether a demand connected with an illegal...enforced at law, is whether the plaintiff requires the aid of the illegal transaction to establish his case," is the rule laid down in Swan v. Scott,...
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A Treatise on the Law of Banks and Banking, Volume 2

John Torrey Morse (Jr.) - Banking law - 1888 - 712 pages
...its own violation.' . . . " ' The test,' says Judge Duncan, in Swan v. Scott (11 Serg. & R. 164), ' whether a demand connected with an illegal transaction...enforced at law, is whether the plaintiff requires the aid of the illegal transaction to establish his case. If the plaintiff cannot open his case without...
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The American Decisions: Containing All the Cases of General Value ..., Volume 99

Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 878 pages
...unexecuted provisions of the illegal contract, it will be carried out. It haa been laid down as a test that whether a demand connected with an illegal transaction is capable of being enforced at law depends upon whether the party requires any aid from the illegal transaction to establish the сазе:...
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A Treatise on the Law of Fraud on Its Civil Side, Volume 1

Melville Madison Bigelow - Fraud - 1888 - 800 pages
...bill for foreclosure by evidence that the mortgage was executed with intent to defraud creditors.3 And the test whether a demand connected with an illegal transaction is capable of being enforced has often been said to be, whether the plaintiff requires the aid of the illegal transaction to establish...
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The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value ..., Volume 13

Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1890 - 1000 pages
..."It has been observed that the test whether a demand connected with an illegal act can be enforced is, whether the plaintiff requires any aid from the illegal transaction to establish his case": Gilliam v. Brown, 43 Miss. 641; citing Simpson v. Blass, 2 Taunt. 246; Roby v. West, 4 NH 290;...
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The New York Supplement, Volume 11

Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 1102 pages
...illegal contract had to be enforced, CHURCH, C. J ., saying: "It has been laid down as a test that whether a demand connected with an illegal transaction is capable of being enforced at law depends upon whether the party requires any aid from the illegal transaction to establish his case....
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The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value ..., Volume 23

Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1892 - 1022 pages
...determine whether or not a demand connected with an illegal contract can be enforced is, whether or not the plaintiff requires any aid from the illegal transaction to establish his case. Oliphant v. Marlcham, 363. 6. ONB WHO BUYS FUTURES FOR ANOTHER, AND ADVANCES MONET TOR THAT Ppsrosz,...
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