 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...  The Elements of Jurisprudence - Page 226by Thomas Erskine Holland - 1888 - 378 pagesFull view - About this book
 | North American review - 1897 - 808 pages
...improvement.'' And this is still further emphasized by the minority opinion of the Court, which says : " 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 their contracts,... | |
 | Connecticut. Supreme Court of Errors - Law reports, digests, etc - 1883 - 658 pages
...contract. In the language of the Master of the Rolls, in Printing Co. v. Sampion^ L. Reps., 19 Eq., 462 : " If there is one thing which, more than another, public policy requires, it is that contracts shall be held sacred, and shall be enforced by courts of justice." » PARDEE, J. In March,... | |
 | New York Chamber of Commerce - Commerce - 1921 - 822 pages
...case of Printing and Numerical Registering- Co. vs. Sampson, LR,19, Eq.462, at p. 465, said : " . . . 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... | |
 | Law - 1875 - 682 pages
...seriously considered by Sir G. Jessel, MR, who said, in giving judgment — " It must not be forgotten that you are not to extend arbitrarily those rules which...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... | |
 | Frederick Pollock - Contracts - 1876 - 692 pages
...by the remarks of the Master of the Rolls in a very late case : — " It must not be forgotten that you are not to extend arbitrarily those rules which...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... | |
 | Frederick Pollock - Contracts - 1876 - 694 pages
...Master of the Eolls in a very late case : — "It must not be forgotten that you are not to extent! arbitrarily those rules which say that a given contract...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... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1926 - 1144 pages
...George Jessel, in Printing Co. v. Sampson, LR 19 Eq. Cas., 462 : 'It must not be forgotten that we are not to extend arbitrarily those rules which say...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... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 2078 pages
...George Jessell in Registering Co. v. Sampson, LE 19 Eq. 402^65, who said: "It must not be forgotten that you are not to extend arbitrarily those rules which say that a given contract is against public policy, because, if there is one thing •which, more than another, public policy requires,... | |
 | Frederick Pollock - Contracts - 1881 - 848 pages
...borne out by the followingremarks of the Master of the Rolls : — " It must not be forgotten that you are not to extend arbitrarily those rules which...than another public policy requires, it is that men of full age and competent understanding shall have the utmost liberty of contracting, ami that their... | |
 | Canada - 1885 - 648 pages
...same great Judge whose opinion we have first quoted, further says, " It must not be forgotten that you are not to extend arbitrarily those rules which...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... | |
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